Title: "spring"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 8 x 11 inches
Artist: betsisanders 09
I gave this painting to a dear friend on her 49th birthday. I have forgotten the title of this work :( but have renamed it as "spring".
Flowers bloom in springtime. So this lady is in her prime...youthful and vibrant, just starting her life as a young woman. She has many dreams,plans for the future and full of ambition, ...she thinks of what to do after college, where to set up her practice, which post graduate course to take, when is the right time to marry, how many kids to have... she even thought up names for her three baby boys. ... such a positive outlook in life.
Only to realize early on in her life that her plans may not happen the way she imagined them. Setting up her dental clinic was the easy part. Staying in the clinic day after day, from 8 to 5, waiting for potential patients to enter her clinic was the hard part. One needed to actively find patients. One needed to socialize more and meet more people to have more referrals. One colleague said that you should give away hundreds of business cards to people, even new acquaintances, so they will know you and that way, you'll get many referrals.
She wished to take up postgraduate training in the United States, but her mom said that their finances were not enough and would not suffice. :( So her dreams of becoming a specialist early on didn't materialize. Instead, a classmate encouraged her to work abroad as a dental assistant, to become an OFW. :(... this was never in her plan or in her wildest dreams. But what did she have to lose? She was a new graduate, working as an associate in a dental clinic earning 400 pesos a month, and her home clinic had no patients. The 10,000 pesos monthly compensation as a dental assistant was very tempting, and so off she went to the 'kingdom' as an OFW, a dental assistant. :(
Many wondered why she chose to work as an OFW. Her family was well off, financially stable, although not filthy rich. She still had two siblings in college and that was a tough time for her parents. She probably wanted some adventure. During that time, tourists were not allowed to enter the 'kingdom'. She saw this as an opportunity to travel, to learn new things, to get away from her 'sheltered-cloistered" home environment. It was a challenge and the daring woman inside her said, GO!.... ( working in the kingdom was a 'culture shock', a bad dream, a nightmare.... but this story will have to wait)
She remained focused and positive. Thought that by working for a few years, she'll save up enough money so she can have her dream wedding or take up postgraduate courses...barely six months working in the desert, she got married, came back home and started a family.
She wanted to have 3 babies, baby boys... she even had names for them, Joey, Louie and Mark. But she didn't have a baby boy, she delivered a cute baby girl. Want to know how strong she was then? She delivered her baby alone,,, her husband was still in the desert working.... but with the help of her best friend, sisters, Nanay and Daddy, she delivered her angel without much complications. That was what she thought.:(
She asked to see her daughter, whom she first saw a glimpse of, when the doctor woke her up to show her the cute baby girl, who was pink and 'healthy'. But she never got to see her baby in the hospital again. She was informed that her little girl was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Heart Center. Her baby had Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia. She was a "blue baby!!! :( Her baby's name was Marie Angelica, Chica for short. She lived for 1 year and 9 months...."Ours for a while, God's forever"... her little angel.
Now the strong, ambitious, focused , goal oriented woman was shattered. Fear, Anger, Sadness dominated her being. She was lost and didn't know what to do next... realized that things may not happen as planned, dreams can be destroyed, one can be left shattered, broken. Melancholia came and never left her side.
But it was still springtime, and there was still hope, a whole bright future ahead. She took small steps, healed herself and became stronger. She is a fighter, a worker, a dreamer, a woman in search for happiness and meaning in her life. Three years after her daughter's death, she decided to let go of the fear, try again and maybe next time, God will grant her a healthy baby boy...and God did... He gave her Alvin, her inspiration to live longer, to love more and pursue not just her happiness but joy for herself, her husband and her dearest Alvin.
It's spring... flowers bloom, birds chirp, ... the surroundings seem to be sprouting life... the weather is pleasant... no way to waste such beauty. So start dreaming again, start over, make new plans, stay focused... if you fail, then try again and again... it's springtime... life was just beginning.
betsisanders / july 18, 2009
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 8 x 11 inches
Artist: betsisanders 09
I gave this painting to a dear friend on her 49th birthday. I have forgotten the title of this work :( but have renamed it as "spring".
Flowers bloom in springtime. So this lady is in her prime...youthful and vibrant, just starting her life as a young woman. She has many dreams,plans for the future and full of ambition, ...she thinks of what to do after college, where to set up her practice, which post graduate course to take, when is the right time to marry, how many kids to have... she even thought up names for her three baby boys. ... such a positive outlook in life.
Only to realize early on in her life that her plans may not happen the way she imagined them. Setting up her dental clinic was the easy part. Staying in the clinic day after day, from 8 to 5, waiting for potential patients to enter her clinic was the hard part. One needed to actively find patients. One needed to socialize more and meet more people to have more referrals. One colleague said that you should give away hundreds of business cards to people, even new acquaintances, so they will know you and that way, you'll get many referrals.
She wished to take up postgraduate training in the United States, but her mom said that their finances were not enough and would not suffice. :( So her dreams of becoming a specialist early on didn't materialize. Instead, a classmate encouraged her to work abroad as a dental assistant, to become an OFW. :(... this was never in her plan or in her wildest dreams. But what did she have to lose? She was a new graduate, working as an associate in a dental clinic earning 400 pesos a month, and her home clinic had no patients. The 10,000 pesos monthly compensation as a dental assistant was very tempting, and so off she went to the 'kingdom' as an OFW, a dental assistant. :(
Many wondered why she chose to work as an OFW. Her family was well off, financially stable, although not filthy rich. She still had two siblings in college and that was a tough time for her parents. She probably wanted some adventure. During that time, tourists were not allowed to enter the 'kingdom'. She saw this as an opportunity to travel, to learn new things, to get away from her 'sheltered-cloistered" home environment. It was a challenge and the daring woman inside her said, GO!.... ( working in the kingdom was a 'culture shock', a bad dream, a nightmare.... but this story will have to wait)
She remained focused and positive. Thought that by working for a few years, she'll save up enough money so she can have her dream wedding or take up postgraduate courses...barely six months working in the desert, she got married, came back home and started a family.
She wanted to have 3 babies, baby boys... she even had names for them, Joey, Louie and Mark. But she didn't have a baby boy, she delivered a cute baby girl. Want to know how strong she was then? She delivered her baby alone,,, her husband was still in the desert working.... but with the help of her best friend, sisters, Nanay and Daddy, she delivered her angel without much complications. That was what she thought.:(
She asked to see her daughter, whom she first saw a glimpse of, when the doctor woke her up to show her the cute baby girl, who was pink and 'healthy'. But she never got to see her baby in the hospital again. She was informed that her little girl was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Heart Center. Her baby had Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia. She was a "blue baby!!! :( Her baby's name was Marie Angelica, Chica for short. She lived for 1 year and 9 months...."Ours for a while, God's forever"... her little angel.
Now the strong, ambitious, focused , goal oriented woman was shattered. Fear, Anger, Sadness dominated her being. She was lost and didn't know what to do next... realized that things may not happen as planned, dreams can be destroyed, one can be left shattered, broken. Melancholia came and never left her side.
But it was still springtime, and there was still hope, a whole bright future ahead. She took small steps, healed herself and became stronger. She is a fighter, a worker, a dreamer, a woman in search for happiness and meaning in her life. Three years after her daughter's death, she decided to let go of the fear, try again and maybe next time, God will grant her a healthy baby boy...and God did... He gave her Alvin, her inspiration to live longer, to love more and pursue not just her happiness but joy for herself, her husband and her dearest Alvin.
It's spring... flowers bloom, birds chirp, ... the surroundings seem to be sprouting life... the weather is pleasant... no way to waste such beauty. So start dreaming again, start over, make new plans, stay focused... if you fail, then try again and again... it's springtime... life was just beginning.
betsisanders / july 18, 2009
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