September 1, 2000
The day we lost her.
She’s the best thing happened to me. She took care of me. She worried a lot when I got sick. I can see it in her eyes that everytime I got sick she had this fear in her eyes. I never understood it before… but later on… I knew.
My lola lost a child twice. When she told me about it, I can sense the sadness from her voice and when I look in her eyes, she got teary eyed. Of course, I don’t have any idea how it was that time since I was very young when she told me about it.
She lost 2 babies, before she gave birth to my mother. The way she explained it to me, it was due to measles. I know those time measles was some kind of epidemic, just like Dengue today. My lola was never aware of it.
So when I was born, she was so protected of me. Everytime I got sick, she worried a lot. I spent most of my childhood days with her. I was closer to her than to my mother.
Back then, I never thought that one day I will lost her, she’s like a hero to me.
It seems that she knew how to fix everything.. akala ko andyan lang sya palagi.
I was her favorite apo.
She knew my favorite things. She knew when I was down. She knew when I was not in the mood. She knew about me.
Then one day, I got a call from Mindanao that she’s gone.
It was the saddest day of my life.
I miss her so much!
Yes, it’s been 17 years but I always miss her. I miss it when she got mad at me because I was not taking care of myself. I miss when she prepared my food. I miss it when she bring something for me everytime she went to the market.
I am so lucky to have her in my life and I will forever cherish it.
I hope when I live my life again, sya ulit ang lola ko.
