From reading this post, my dad's sister commented: "Your Mama Ching told me that an old woman advised them to name their first surviving baby Jose if it’s a boy and Maria if it’s a girl."
My grandmother lost two children, Rodolfo and Francing, in early infancy. She prayed to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things and of mothers, for a son. Her doctor advised her to feed him formula, with an explanation "There must be something wrong with my milk."
My father was the first surviving child, and Mama Ching's devotion to him was always equated with the strength of an answered prayer.
From reading this post, my dad's sister commented: "Your Mama Ching told me that an old woman advised them to name their first surviving baby Jose if it’s a boy and Maria if it’s a girl."
My grandmother lost two children, Rodolfo and Francing, in early infancy. She prayed to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things and of mothers, for a son. Her doctor advised her to feed him formula, with an explanation "There must be something wrong with my milk."
My father was the first surviving child, and Mama Ching's devotion to him was always equated with the strength of an answered prayer.