Recently I mentioned about this young Filipina, a newcomer in Australia, whom I said is an impresive writer, and apparently her father is Jim Paredes, who is a famous Filipino song writer/singer/composer. Today I read a touching story her father wrote: "Love and service, beyond the call of duty." Jim hails a simple yet noble woman he calls Inay.
I remember Inay — yes, that’s what we called her. According to family lore, she was only 14, an Ilocana from Abra, when she came to work for us early in the 1940s, long before I was born. Inay is an indelible fixture of my childhood and teenage life and of our family’s history. She was maid, cook, yaya — an all-around person in our home who did whatever needed to be done.
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I remember Inay — yes, that’s what we called her. According to family lore, she was only 14, an Ilocana from Abra, when she came to work for us early in the 1940s, long before I was born. Inay is an indelible fixture of my childhood and teenage life and of our family’s history. She was maid, cook, yaya — an all-around person in our home who did whatever needed to be done.
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Yaya is my own version of Jim's Inay. She is part of my three sisters' and my own childhood memories. Ok ba mga kapatid?
Yaya ko 'to.
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