Sa Pagtanda...

My plan was to stay here in the United States for good. Sabi ko, dito ako tatanda at marahil dito na rin mamamatay. I've spent my very productive years of my life here in this foreign land I call home for now.
Yet as I near those edad di peligro ( social security, medicare, and all of it) I am starting to have second thoughts and doubts on my initial plans. Slowly, my homeland is beckoning - uwi na.
Granted - may pera pa para sa social security (don't screw it Obama) will it be a wise decision to go home and spend the remaining years in the land na kinagisnan?
It is not so bad of an idea I think. I could still find some use of myself back home.
As I look back - hindi ba there was a time in our lives - tayo na mga naging OFW - all we could think of was to leave the Philippines for a better future? That ideal still persists among the young ngayon. Ang tawag nga lang sa kanila ay OCW.
We were so atat na atat umalis for so many common reasons.
Pero ngayon, I am sure, hindi ako nag-iisa sa pag-iisip ng pag-uwi. Pagkatapos na pinagsilbihan ang ibang dayuhang amo, babalik at babalik pa rin sa pinaggalingan pala.
Siguro tatanggapin pa rin ako. I still have some more muscles to flex and some more sweat to spare. Pero hindi ba - dapat these efforts should have been for the country to start with? Mga pagmumuni-muni sa isang napakainit na Biyernes - pasingaw ng isang nalulutong kukote.