Aired (January 5, 2025): Matapos maitampok sa #KMJS ang baby-face driver na si John Mark, ang ina nitong iniwan siya halos 20 taon na ang nakararaan, lumutang para humingi sa kanya ng kapatawaran.
Sa nakatakdang pagkikita ng mag-ina, hilumin kaya ng kapatawaran ang kanilang mga puso ngayong Bagong Taon?
Ang buong kuwento, panoorin sa video. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:20 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
Sa nakatakdang pagkikita ng mag-ina, hilumin kaya ng kapatawaran ang kanilang mga puso ngayong Bagong Taon?
Ang buong kuwento, panoorin sa video. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:20 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:00After we were able to meet the babyface driver of Mati City in Davao, John Mark,
00:11who left him almost two decades ago,
00:17he came to ask for forgiveness.
00:22Would he be able to accept it?
00:25The calendar has already changed,
00:27but John Mark, from Barangay Sanghai in Mati City in Davao,
00:33is still a babyface.
00:36He's four feet tall.
00:38Don't underestimate him!
00:40Even though he's small,
00:42John Mark can still climb and drive a truck.
00:55I need to go to Preno.
00:56I'm going down to Preno.
00:59I'll just deliver within Barangay.
01:01They'll give me P300.
01:03He's also good at driving a car and motorcycle,
01:07where he can often accompany larger vehicles.
01:12That's why John Mark is often visited by the Highway Patrol Group.
01:17Even so, he has something to clarify.
01:20I'm not a kid anymore because I'm already 19 years old.
01:24Yes, John Mark is already in the legal age.
01:27They can't be trusted because they say he's five years old,
01:31but he's not 19 years old.
01:32Initially, I think it's dwarfism.
01:35His lifespan is just the same as normal people,
01:38so there's nothing to be afraid of.
01:46John Mark is a babyface,
01:48but in reality, he was already old due to responsibilities in life.
01:54When he was still a child,
01:55his mother left him to his grandmother, Marlinda.
01:59Dad, let's eat, dad!
02:00John Mark is a pitiful child
02:02because his mother doesn't know that he was raised without a father or a mother.
02:07He's also the only survivor of his two siblings,
02:11Reneboy and Nicole.
02:14My first job is to feed the dogs.
02:17I have a free house, free food,
02:19and I have an allowance of P500 a week.
02:23My grandmother works in a factory.
02:26She's the only one who can support our family.
02:28She's a teacher.
02:29She's the only one who can support us.
02:33It's really hard.
02:34No parent would be jealous
02:36if they see the whole family.
02:40I hope you can hear this.
02:44I hope you can see this.
02:47In the hope that John Mark's story will be heard by his mother,
02:52our program researched.
02:55We also messaged on Facebook the people whose names his mother is looking for
03:00until there was an answer that confirmed that
03:04he is the mother of his siblings.
03:09Here in Santa Rosa, Laguna,
03:11here in Santa Rosa, Laguna,
03:13the mother of John Mark, Felin, is currently living.
03:18Someone chatted to me that his face is in Jessica Suho.
03:21That's when I saw that he's my son.
03:24I was crying.
03:25I needed to see the child.
03:27I left him for several years.
03:29I couldn't hold him.
03:30I couldn't kiss him.
03:34She said that she watched John Mark's story on KMJS.
03:39I didn't expect him to be that small.
03:41His father is really tall, 6'1".
03:44I'm 5'1".
03:47Because of their hard life in Mati,
03:50they were forced to work in General Santos City
03:53when Felin was only 18 years old.
03:56I was able to enter the tuna factory.
03:58That's when she met John Mark's father,
04:01whose name we will hide.
04:03Every day, he brings me food.
04:06He gives me whatever I want.
04:08Their relationship was the result of Felin's pregnancy.
04:12John Mark is the eldest,
04:14but Rico is getting colder.
04:18John Mark was born.
04:20He only showed up once.
04:22He changed.
04:25Until Felin discovered that he was also pregnant with another woman.
04:30My first love was just a dog.
04:32That's what he did to me.
04:33The man has a different family.
04:36Felin was so angry with the man
04:38that she threw him out of the house
04:39when he was still a baby.
04:41I didn't want to see John Mark
04:43because I remember his face and temple.
04:45I remember his father.
04:48That's why she took John Mark home to Mati
04:51and left him to his mother, Marlinda.
04:54Three days after I gave birth to him,
04:55I took him to my mother.
04:56I went back to Gensan to work again.
04:59Felin fell in love again
05:01with the body of the fisherman, Bernardo.
05:04This is not a real name.
05:05We are now two children.
05:07Sometimes we run out of money.
05:11They also separated.
05:13Dala, the two children, Reneboy and Nicole,
05:16she went back to Mati
05:18to leave these to her mother.
05:21I just said,
05:22I will look for a job in Manila.
05:24I will come back.
05:25I was angry with her because I am old.
05:27I don't know when God will take my life.
05:31As a woman,
05:32I grew up without a mother.
05:34It's painful because they are not by my side.
05:38It's painful for me.
05:39I don't have a job.
05:40I don't have a husband.
05:41I don't have a wife.
05:42If I get a job,
05:43I want to build a house.
05:45I don't have any children.
05:47They are already married.
05:49Meanwhile,
05:50what kind of work did Felin do in Manila?
05:54I worked as a vendor in Montenglopa.
05:57I moved to Paranaque.
05:59I sold shumai.
06:00Why didn't you send money to your children?
06:03Didn't you feel sorry for them?
06:04She said to us,
06:05I can't give them anything
06:06because my salary is still not enough.
06:08I want to see my children
06:10but I can't because
06:12I don't have a salary.
06:15Even though they are far from her children,
06:17they were not distracted by her thoughts.
06:20Especially John Mark,
06:21who admitted that he was sometimes bullied.
06:24The little child who cried and asked me,
06:27that's when I remembered
06:28that I have a child named John Mark.
06:30I saw our neighbors
06:32with their children
06:33who were being taken to school.
06:34I was envious.
06:35I was angry at myself.
06:37I don't have an account.
06:42She tried to contact her children.
06:45I searched them on Facebook.
06:47There's really nothing.
06:48There's no massage.
06:49My last battle,
06:51prayer,
06:52the time will come
06:53that I will be with the three of them.
06:58Even so,
06:59Philly knows that this won't be easy,
07:01especially since she became the mother of a Filipino.
07:04I've been wanting to show them for a long time.
07:07I love them so much
07:08but I was scared.
07:09I was ashamed.
07:10I can't give them anything.
07:15John Mark,
07:16Rini Boy,
07:17Nicole,
07:18I'm sorry for everything.
07:19If this happened,
07:21I left you three,
07:22Mama.
07:24Sorry.
07:26Because
07:28from a young age,
07:30Mama had a hard time.
07:34Not all of them
07:35are like that, sir.
07:37Because
07:39there are many who have a hard time
07:41but they didn't leave
07:44and they didn't
07:46and they didn't
07:47leave
07:50their children.
07:55In the past life of a mother,
07:58what will be left behind?
08:00Forgiveness?
08:01I gave up.
08:03I gave up in front of God.
08:05I gave up.
08:07I will pray to God
08:09that our family will be formed, sir.
08:12Or,
08:13anger and bad intentions.
08:15As I grew up,
08:16I got angrier
08:18because we were left behind.
08:20It hurts.
08:25I'm going to cry.
08:26Me too.
08:27Me too.
08:48I'm going to cry.
08:51I'm going to cry.
08:54I'm excited and I hope that they will forgive me.
09:01I hope that they will accept me as their mother.
09:08That's the biggest gift for me in 2025.
09:16I'm not sure about the reaction of her children.
09:21This Friday, Feline still flew to Mati to see John Mark.
09:28During those moments, John Mark, Rene Boy, Nicole, and Lola Marlinda were waiting for a long ride on the road.
09:37They had no idea of the person who will stop in front of them.
09:52John Mark, my son.
09:57My son.
10:01My son.
10:02My son, Nicole.
10:32My son.
10:34My son, Nicole.
10:36Thank you, God.
10:40Thank you, God.
10:45I'm sorry.
10:47I'm so sorry.
10:49It's been a long time.
10:54It's been a long time.
10:56God, thank you so much, God.
11:00My son.
11:03It's been a long time.
11:09I will make it up to you.
11:11I'm sorry for what I did to you.
11:16My brother, Rene.
11:18I will make it up to you for what you did to me.
11:28I will make it up to you.
11:34I will make it up to you.
11:37I will make it up to you.
11:47I have nothing left, God.
11:53I had so many dreams.
11:56I wanted to become a lawyer.
11:59I had a dream about my mother and my kids.
12:04I can't go home if you don't help me.
12:08It's happening to us because of you.
12:13But,
12:14I can't do anything. It's my fault.
12:21It's my mom's birthday.
12:25I'm sorry to all of you.
12:27Sorry?
12:28Did you say sorry to all of us?
12:32Huh?
12:33It's okay, boy.
12:35It's okay.
12:37It's okay.
12:39It's okay.
12:41It's okay.
12:43It's okay, boy.
12:45You didn't experience what your mom went through.
12:48I didn't experience anything.
12:50I told you to respect each other.
12:52I didn't respect my mom.
12:53She's the one who hurt my mom.
13:07I'm here to make it up to you.
13:11I will make it up to you.
13:14I will make it up to you.
13:17I will make it up to you.
13:20Brother, stop it.
13:23My mom will see you.
13:26I'm sorry to all of you.
13:28I will make it up to you.
13:30I'll pray every day.
13:32I can't do anything.
13:34I'll just pray.
13:36I will make it up to you.
13:40I will make it up to you.
13:43I will make it up to you.
14:01To guide them to properly process what happened,
14:05a psychologist was sent to them.
14:08I gave them a psychosocial debriefing.
14:11To open up their emotional wounds,
14:14we need to process it and heal it.
14:18For John Mark, we gave him space.
14:21We gave him enough time to think properly
14:25and process his emotions.
14:28He's somehow open to accept his mother.
14:31It's just that he needs more time and space to think about it.
14:34At the right time.
14:36In these situations, it's a marital problem.
14:39It's not just the mother who has a problem.
14:42We need to think that this is a parental role,
14:45to raise a child.
14:47So let's not blame the mother.
14:49If I did something wrong, if I did something wrong,
14:52if I left you, I will accept it.
14:56Until my last breath,
14:58no matter what happens to me,
15:00I will still accept it.
15:04It's okay. It's my fault.
15:07But I'm sorry.
15:11Phylline hopes that even though John Mark is small,
15:14he has a big heart,
15:16to accept him again and forgive him.
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