Remembering Her
October 25, 2005
Our neighbor died due to old age this Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. She is not an ordinary neighbor because she used to take care of us when we were in grade school when my parents were not home yet due to work. My siblings and I used to go to their house when we were little because only her and her brother lives there. Both of them were single and old. She treated us like we were her grand kids. When her brother died, her other relatives decided to live with her so there will be someone to take care of her. We stopped seeing her that time because we were already busy with school. But she still visited us once in a while to sell us fruits from her avocado tree and tablea from her cacao tree for her to earn extra money.
A month ago we visited her in her house because my mother told me that she was hospitalized days before our visit because she couldn’t breath. Though she was already well when we visited her because she could already walk, what we noticed was that “ulyanin na siya”. But I am glad that she still remembers me.
When it was the time that I told her I would be going home already, her sentences made me think, she told me she will accompany me so that my parents won’t be scolding me for going home late. I actually don’t remember being scolded by my parents for going home late when I was little. Ang tagal na siyempre nun kaya hindi ko na matandaan. Ang alam ko lang nung teen pa ako– oo. It made me think because she was so worried and she was insisting that she would accompany me to explain to my parents why I went home late. Actually, that was not late yet because it was only around 7 pm. Sigurado masyado siyang nagke-care sa amin pag napapagalitan kami nung bata pa kami kaya tumatak sa isip niya yun. Sa akin hindi ko na matandaan. Kaya nalungkot ako talaga. Last na pala naming pagkikita yun.
Nalulungkot lang ako kasi siya natatandaan niya pa talaga noong bata pa ako kahit ulyanin na siya. Ako di ko na halos matandaan. Ang natatandaan ko lang yung feeling ko na lola ko rin siya.
Hindi ko alam paano ko ito tatapusin, basta sana masaya naman siyang namatay.
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