Billy Crawford, Coleen Garcia at Amari
NAKAKA-RECOVER na ngayon ang aktres at celebrity mommy na si Coleen Garcia matapos makaranas ng mental health issues nitong nagdaang tatlong taon.
Ayon kay Coleen hindi naging madali para sa kanya ang pinagdaanang challenges mula nang ikasal sila ni Billy Crawford hanggang sa dumating sa buhay nila ang panganay na anak na si Amari.
“I was left behind talaga for the past three years. My mental health and everything took a backseat. So, now, I’m finally recovering.
“Amari already allows me to work. I tell him, ‘Mommy’s gonna go to work.’ I think the almost three years that I spent with him, I really bonded with him and it helped,” pagbabahagi ni Coleen.
Talagang isinakripisyo ng aktres at dating TV host ang kanyang showbiz career para mag-focus sa pagiging nanay at maybahay. Mas naging mahirap pa raw para sa kanila ni Billy ang lahat dahil isinilang si Amari noong kasagsagan ng COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think those three years were very important for me to realize that this is all I need and everything outside is a bonus para mas ma-enjoy ko kasi I feel like before I was thinking of everything way too seriously.
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“And sometimes, when it happens, especially in the public eye, you get a lot of comments and we get a lot of bashing and everything, and sometimes it hurts.
“It’s like those years just with my family, that’s when I realized na ito pa lang masaya na ako. So whatever is outside plus na lang yun, walang minus,” aniya pa na ang tinutukoy ay ang pagbabalik niya sa larangan ng pag-arte.
Isa si Coleen sa cast members ng Viva One digital series na “Kung Hindi Lang Tayo Sumuko”, directed by Carlo Enciso Catu. Kasama rin dito sina Carlo Aquino, Ryza Cenon, Kiko Estrada, Rhen Escaño at Jerome Ponce.
Samantala, nine years nang magkarelasyon sina Coleen at Billy kaya natanong ang aktres kung may mga nagaganap pa rin bang selosan sa kanilang married life.
“Now, parang yung selos namin, yung joke-joke na lang. Parang hirit-hirit lang pero minsan may laman. Pero parang dinadaan na lang namin sa ganu’n but we feel so secure in our relationship.
“He really makes me feel everything I need to feel in a marriage, in a relationship so wala na akong hahanapin pa,” ani Coleen.
“So, if anything, I was more the jealous-type, not because of him but because of all the baggage I came with and because of all of my insecurities and everything.
“And I’m now in a relationship that is truly helping me heal and that is giving me the space in the room to grow. Hindi siya yung dumadagdag kasi kung magseselos pa siya parang dadagdag pa yun. It won’t help me grow. It won’t help me heal,” sabi pa ng aktres.
“I’ve never done anything for him to doubt me. I’ve never done anything to break his trust and of course, I trust him also.
“I think this is what people say na when you enter into a relationship, kailangan alam mo na buo ka na like you have everything together. Me and Billy kasi parang we found love in a hopeless place ang peg.
“But we’re helping each other grow so it doesn’t end before you get married. Talagang when you have the right partner, continuous dapat yung growth,” dugtong pa ni Coleen.
Pagbabahagi pa ng celebrity mommy, “I always wanna be open about what we go through because, you know, people see us happy, people see our highs but they don’t get to see our lows.
“That’s not something you would share with the world but I do want to acknowledge that it happens because baka may ibang couples din out there na kapag nakita nila, ‘Ay yung mga artista parang ang saya-saya tapos biglang mababalitaan mo na lang na naghiwalay na.’
“So, there are a lot of things that we go through also that we don’t tell everybody because we shouldn’t. We shouldn’t tell everybody but I think it’s healthy so that people know that we are not perfect. Our relationship is not perfect but we’re happy,” sey pa ni Coleen Garcia.
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