TOUCHING ang pagsita ng incoming Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary na si Teddy boy Locsin kay Kris Aquino. Inilabas ni Kris sa kanyang Instagram post ang message sa kanya ni Teddyboy nang batiin niya ito sa bagong posisyon sa gobyerno.Ito ang post ng Queen of Online and Social Media:

“Let me quote the text I got yesterday from my friend & 1 of the few people who can still scold me like I was still 16 years old, Teddyboy Locsin. (Clarification: he’s known me since I was a toddler.) This was his reply after I congratulated him on becoming the ??soon to be DFA Secretary,

“Hi Kris. Thanks. But I am angry you do not take good care of yourself. Yeah I am astounded by your energy and tireless commitment to be the best in your field and you do it even without a TV Station. BUT your first duty is to your health. I lost your mother because she thought of her duties first before her health. I am old. Don’t let me go through that again. Take care. My best to Ballsy and Viel, Pinky and Noy. It is none of my business but *******’s too short. Nice no doubt but...

“My mom used to say Teddyboy & I got along so well because we were both unfiltered & irrepressible... (To put his mind at ease & also my followers who worried about my heart, I’m very comfortable with my status being ‘NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP’ at least until someone gets Bimb’s approval- Kuya is easy, if the would be date, suitor, or boyfriend has a Range Rover or Ferrari he gets a YES.)?

These past couple of months, I embraced a simple guiding principle, ‘Will this decision make life HAPPIER & more SECURE for the 3 of us?’ It made me remember a favorite line from The Fault in Our Stars. ‘You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.’

“Before I became the mother I am today, I was the sometimes spoiled, maybe favored BUNSO of our MOM. Tomorrow (kahapon, Miyerkules) is SPECIAL. Signing a 2 year contract w/ the multinational conglomerate that gave me my very 1st beauty soap endorsement more than 30 years ago. It matters because my mom would be smiling in heaven because regardless of all her history making achievements, she put us 1st. In my heart i’m 100% sure -- my endorsements made her proudest of me.

The 10/17/2018 contract signing is lovingly dedicated to her memory. #grateful #mamasgirl #bunsoforever.”Hindi lang si Teddyboy Locsin ang sumisita at mahigpit na ang bilin kay Kris na maghinay-hinay sa pagtatrabaho kundi maging ang mga kapatid niya.

Pero hindi mapigilan si Kris. Simulang kumita ng sariling pera noong 15 years old, naging kaligayahan na niyang magtrabaho at ipamahagi ang malaking bahagi ng kinikita sa mga taong naglilingkod din sa kanya at sa mga nangangailangan lalo na sa mahihirap na parokya.

Ayaw niyang pinag-uusapan ito, pero kailangan ding mailabas upang maunawaan ng publiko na hindi lang para sa kapakanan ng dalawang sariling anak ang ikinakayod at pinanggagalingan ng sipag ni Kris.

-DINDO M. BALARES