My Mother Saved My Baby

The ship docks at the naval base in subi bay in the philippines. For over three weeks, ma has seen only sea and sky. When she finally sees land, safe land, she weeps. By the time the ship docked, my mother had a single and very narrow mission in mind. She was going to do whatever she could to save me,. because she herself wasn't fully convinced that i was still alive. The moment she is able to release her baby into the arms ofa medical professionals, that is the moment that one's body just gives in.