"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them."
—Richard L. Evans
It was September 20, 2011 when I first saw my two little nieces by the name of Rion and Maon, who came here with Kazumi, their mother and my cousin; Aunt Delcy, Kazumi's mother; and Aunt Marwin. Rion is a toddler and Maon is a baby. From Japan, they came here in the Philippines for a two-week vacation for their attendance to my Kuya Rhodley and Ate Melaine's wedding.
I found Rion and Maon both cute and adorable. Maon, being the baby, is just easy to carry because she can't complain. Rion, being the toddler, sometimes acquiesces to being carried and sometimes refuses. With the short-lived moment of being with them, I can say that it doesn't take a long time being with them to make me miss them when they leave.
Rion posing for the camera.
Rion with artificial fruits as her toys
What I'm going to miss badly about Rion is that she knows how to pose for the camera. She even knows how to make face and to recognize Cheese, which she pronounces as Chee, as a cue for posing. She plays every attractive things that she sees. These artificial fruits are a good example.
Her favorite Disney character is Minnie Mouse. It is just my assumption that she likes Minnie because she was wearing a Minnie Mouse dress the first time I saw her and was desiring to hold my cousin Yumi's Minnie Mouse stuff toy for so long.
I'm also going to miss seeing her pushing her toy shopping cart with toy goods inside it. She doesn't want to see anyone touch her toys.
One more thing that will make me miss her is that she always pronounce the word jiji, the meaning of which I don't know. I guess she refers to jiji as my Kuya Rodson, to whom she is very close.
Rion, I'm going to miss you so much.
Maon carried by me
Maon carried by her mother Kazumi
What I'm going to miss badly about Maon is that she was clad in bee baby clothes, which added to her loveliness, the very first time I saw her. She was called Itlog by many because of the egg-like shape of her head.
I think the very first time I carried her with my arms was when my Aunt Marwin came into our house saying, "Delivery!" I thought it was a kind of delivered thing that Aunt Marwin was carrying, but I delighted at the sight of Maon resting in her arms. My Mama got hold of Maon, and I kept the young latter in my grasp. She was so cuddly and pillow-like.
One more thing that she will be remembered for is her crying sound. She sounds like a meowing cat whenever she cries.
Maon, I'm gonna miss you.
They went back to Japan on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Two weeks is enough for them to be so dear to me. I love kids like them. I like being with them. Whenever I remember the two of them, it makes me wish they were Filipino citizens. If only I had an easy portal to Japan, I would have visited them already. It makes me sad whenever the fact that they won't remember me as they grow up, enters my mind.
I hope they will go to Philippines again for some other time...
