First Lady Liza tells Marcos on Father's Day: You're the heart of our home
In her greeting, the First Lady said Marcos is not just an "amazing dad – you're the heart of our home.'
'Thanks for being the calm in our chaos and the king of our castle [even if I'm still the Queen],' the First Lady said in a social media post.
'Today, we celebrate the man our children look up to … and the husband I still look at with love [and occasional exasperation ]. Love you forever,' she added. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/KG, GMA Integrated News
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