Business Talk with Mom

While I was at work earlier. My mom and I had this very short but very meaningful conversation. 

I was doing my usual work when we all of a sudden started talking about the yearly summer vacations we used to have when I was still a kid. 

Growing up. I have everything every kid could ever asked for. 

We would usually go on vacation every summer along with my mom's business partners. I grew up in a family where the business should always comes next to family. Or sometimes. It even comes first. I grew up with some friends who also has the same struggle with me. We are kids that were trained and molded to manage the family business when the time comes. 

I am still friends with the children of my mom's business partners. Its good to share sentiments with them too. 

The last trip we had together was in Hk a few years ago. And I wish we can still do it again anytime soon. But the kids before are now the oic now. Its hard to plan out a trip when most of our schedules wont cooperate. 

So anyway, while having a conversation with mom. I asked her how Auntie G is. She was my mom's business partner somewhere in the southern part of Negros. My mom told me that their business is not doing good the last time she heard the news and that Auntie G's son was somehow mismanaging the business. It puzzled me. Since i know that his son is doing really good and is also good with managing the business. So why the sudden drop?

Then my mom started sharing that it might be because of the wife. Who is kind of controlling him. Something like that. 

So the convo ended up having my mom's unsolicited advice about me having my own family. As per her own words "This business is really for you, if your family or your wife in the future wants to help. Thats okay. But don't forget that this is yours. And not hers" 

I know from a normal stand point its kind of off. But I get it. 

My mom is just trying to protect me from making the wrong decisions in the long run. 

She said that Tita Iz (one of our very trusted secretary and my mom's right hand) is a part of this business. That she was the one who really worked hard in making this work. 

My mom started her business at the age of 33 way back 1975. Its been 40 years now. She started with poultry feeds and agricultural supplies. Then around the 1980's started a Grocery store. She ventured into different business- farming, forex, stocks, etc. The business grew and it became a corporation in 1996. And around 2005. She planned to open a hardware but ended up investing in real estate. And turned it into another corporation around 2011. (I might be wrong with the years) 

Its a big shoes I have to fill in. Its like i will forever be under the shadow of her name. 

Anyway. 

After resigning from Cebu and after about nearly 3 months. I am very proud to say that I have managed to stabilize the business. By God's amazing grace! 

I am very blessed with this ability to handle money and make it grow. Slowly but surely. 

Since the time that I took over. Modesty aside. I was able to add more zeros to it. I was able to increase the profit. 

I have a lot of vision for this business. I have a lot of dreams. I want it to expand and finally get back to opening other branches again like what we did before. 

I want to take risks and be in control. But i know that my mom is still protecting my every decision. I will have my own time. 

I am blessed. I am blessed. I am blessed! 

-Z