Yaya

A lot of us, before, more so in the provinces, thinks that having a yaya is a status qou speller. But that was before. Now, a yaya may also spell the difference between a working mom and a stay at home mom (because of the lack of a yaya!).

Hay naku! If not for the yaya I wouldn't be able to help my hubby with the bills, surely going out making pasyal in Tagaytay, the zoo, occasional vacations up North (Ilocos Norte) and down South (Quezon), malling and some shopping, and a lot more of our kids' "kapritso" certainly will be turned down.

The newest yaya was just over 2 weeks long in minding the kids when I received a phone call from her brother (who I haven't met yet). The brother asked that the yaya be permitted to go home and attend a "meeting" of some sort at the local police station. It turned out that the yaya's (an unwed mom) former flame wants to take their son with him. It seems that the former flame is married and he and his wife are childless, so they want to take the child to live with them. As much as we don't want to take frequent leaves of absence since our corresponding jobs are strict with their rules on leaves, we don't want to make things harder for the yaya, so of course we let her go.

My son and I took her to the Maria de Leon bus station in Dapitan (back of UST hospital) last Sunday afternoon. Yaya told me that she left most of her clothes and things at our home because she plans to come back to us. She promised that she'll get back as soon as the "meeting/agreement" is over. I doubt that. Things like her case takes longer than hours or days to finish.