Fresh grad asks OFW mom to come back home as it’s her turn to take care of her

• Proud daughter of OFW mother posts her grad pic on FB with a caption asking her mother to come back home
• Minerva Jane Borca asks her mom to return to the country so she can work in her stead
• Borca shared on Facebook the trials she and her mother underwent as they lived away from each other

A netizen posted last Friday her graduation photo on Facebook, where her caption and heartfelt message for her mother, who is an overseas Filipino worker, warmed the hearts of social media users.

Minerva Jane Borca, wearing her graduation toga, proudly posed in front of the camera while holding a whiteboard placard with the words: “Ma, uwi ka na ng Pinas, ako naman magtatrabaho!”

Borca narrated the hardships her mother faced as an OFW, as well as her own trials being a daughter of one.

She wrote:

“‘Mabuti pa yung ‘sahod’ buwan buwan umuuwi ng Pinas.

‘Ako na naman magce-celebrate ng Pasko at bagong taon mag isa.

‘Ne, sobrang nakakapagod dito wala pakong kain nagkape lang ako.

Linyahang sobrang nagpapabigat ng pakiramdam… linyahang hindi ko dapat indahin yung pagod sa pag aaral. Madaling sabihin, madaling isulat, madaling bigkasin pero napaka imposible. Mas pinipili kong pauwiin siya kesa makatanggap ng ano mang materyal na bagay.”

The graduate at Our Lady of Fatima University juggles her studies while caring for her three younger siblings in order to fulfill her promise to her mother: Attain her college degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management.

There were moments when she put her siblings’ needs first to make her remember the sacrifices their mom had to make in order for them to live well, which in turn made her all the more focused to achieve her goals in the end.

“Yung realidad na mismo nagbukas sa isip ko na hindi dapat pansariling kagustuhan yung mauuna. Mas komportable ako sa salitang sila muna bago ako. Kung maraming nawala at kulang sakin simula noong mag-abroad siya, alam kong mas marami siyang tiniis at sakripisiyo sa malayong lugar para sa ikagagaan ng buhay namin at para mabigyan niya kami ng sapat na edukasyon,” Borca penned.

Borca also thanked her father for always taking her to school and relentlessly looking after the brood.

And now that she’s donned the graduation cap – fulfilling her promise – she pleads her mother to come back home so she can start working, in her stead, for their family.

Borca hopes for a future where other Filipinos need not look for greener pastures outside the country, and be away from their loved ones, in the meantime.

To others who wears the same shoe as her, she remarked, “At sa mga pamilya ng mga nag OFW, sana maintindihan at maunawaan niyo sila kung bakit sila umalis ng Pinas para sa ikagaganda ng buhay niyo.”

“Minerva Jane Borca, Anak ng OFW,” ended the grateful Facebook user, by affixing her name to the message.

Her post has since gone viral with five thousand reactions and three thousand shares online.