This mother prays.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27562)
Philippines
April 25, 2020 12:47am CST
Lockdown has not kept me at home entirely, I have to bring and fetch my daughter to the hospital for duty a number of times.
The streets are deserted, the soldiers are at check-points, the travel to the hospital, believe me, is a mere quarter of an hour.
I drop my daughter at the front lobby. I wait as the guard checks her temperature, and she then proceeds to the semi-lit corridor. Or that is how it looks from my car. Or probably psychological, because I knew even the hospital chapel has been converted into a CoViD-19 emergency.
I have to pacify my heartbeats to normal every time I watch my daughter bravely enter the battlefield.
This mother prays.
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@GooglePlus (3807)
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25 Apr 20
Respect to all the Doctors Nurses Helpers policemen and essential service men who are helping us to control this situation. I am hoping things will be in control soon.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
Thank you very much. Such pronouncement becomes a prayer that gives strength to these selfless workers.
In behalf of my daughter and her colleagues, thank you.
Do keep safe.
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@GooglePlus (3807)
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25 Apr 20
@eileenleyva Is she a Nurse and working in COVID hospital?
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
30 Apr 20
Much respect to the frontliners in this battle against CoViD-19.
Unlike what the president said, to die because of CoViD-19 is not an honor.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
3 May 20
@eileenleyva I don't tune in as well but I still want to be kept informed.
I want to do my share in correcting the spread of fake news.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
3 May 20
@allen0187 The sinister faces and voices are simply too much for me. I cannot bring my self to watch and listen. This has happened when the goon Erap became president. I switched off all channels, print and broadcast.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
1 May 20
An ugly thing to say. But nothing good comes out of that foul-mouthed of a creature.
Reason why I don't tune in to domestic news for some time now. I wouldn't want to go on cardiac arrest.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
Your daughter is a frontliner! I wish she would be safe, just like my prayers for other frontliners in this COVID fight!
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
Yes. My daughter is a frontliner and she does not complain. The PPE, she said, makes one feel so hot, and the mask makes it difficult to breathe. But at the end of the day, said she, the gear becomes one with the body. One has just to do what one has got to do.
Thank you very much for the prayers. Means a lot to those who are physically drained now.
@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
God bless you and your daughter. I pray for her safety and protection.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
Thank you. God bless you, too, and your loved ones. Will include you in my prayers, too.
@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
25 Apr 20
i hope she stays safe. God bless her
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
Thank you. God's blessings on you, too.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
25 Apr 20
It's a very difficult situation but am sure it'll pass soon. Your daughter is indeed so brave
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
25 Apr 20
She is very brave indeed. I am truly amazed at how my "Little Foot" has become a very fine doctor. I thought she would become a musician. She opted for a greater calling.
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