Si Lola

"When I saw this picture, I went teary-eyed."

My grandmother passed away when I was, I think, 8. She was diagnosed with stage 3 or 5 breast cancer. When I was a kid, we really spent a long time together. Playing games, eating, and praying. We were not aware yet of her sickness since we were little kids back then. 

She is very patient, strong, faithful and loving. I think that during the time when she wanted us to spend the whole summer at Bicol, she's already secretly sick. Of course, she never let anyone know of her ailment. She just don't want anybody to worry about her.

Lola, as what we would always address her, is a family person. Family comes first for her. She raised all 10 of her children. I look up to her for that. 

Me and Lola aren't really that close. It's always my brother and her who bond together since my brother goes to the school where she teaches. (And oh yeah, I forgot to mention that she is a teacher/professor in the state university in Bicol.) But still we get to be loved equally. She's our number one guardian.

Ever since she left us, I sometimes have these dreams where I get to see her. I believe that she connects with me through my dreams. I remembered when I was a HS student (not to mention, a very stubborn one) I had a dream where I saw Lola giving me advice "umayos ka and to make things right". And every time I dream of her, she gives me meaningful advises. (I always cry when I see her in my dreams. Srsly.)

I miss my grandmother. See you soon.