Have you kissed your mom lately?

I was set to meet my boyfriend this morning when I decided to stop by Sto. Nino Church to have some isaw (chicken intestines) from manong bald-head. Nearby, I saw a mother and her 11/12 yr. old son in one of the isaw carts along the road. After few reminders to her son who was then busy eating,the mother bade goodbye. But even before she get to hail a tricycle, her son shouted "Kiss anay!" (I'll kiss you first). She faced her son once again and kissed him on his lips. Gobsmacked but what I have saw, I smiled and finish my isaw. After that, I rode a jeep and kept on thinking about the incident. I was fascinated on how the kid showed his affection to his mother in front of his friends. 


Usually, kids nowadays would find it lousy and embarrassing to kiss their mothers. They would even tag it as 'cheesy' and a sign of being a mama's boy. In my opinion, that is one of the wrongs in today's generation. Kids *sounding like a woman in her 40s :D*, expressing affection and gratitude to your parents is not a sign of weakness and childish. Rather than being embarrassed, we should be proud showing them how much we love them 24/7. Let us not wait 'till time steal the chance from us. They are not with us always and will never be forever. In fact I have a friend who unfortunately lost his dad. He told me that everyday since his father breathed his last, he wish that he could turn back time and be given a chance to do and say what he have to. 


So, will you kiss your mom/dad now? :)