Touches Of Love

If there was a biography about you, what would the title be?

And if ever someone would write about me, I would want him/her to focus more on the family. I would want people to know that for a very long time I was tatay con nanay to my two kids and I did it out of love. Resilience, faith,  courage, kindness, integrity, hope, prayers helped me build what I am today and my kids. It was never easy but I learned a lot from it.

And the title would probably be Touches Of Love.

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Late And Early Sixties

What were your parents doing at your age?

My Dad was older than Mom by seven years so when Dad was 68, Mom was 61.

Those were the years when  they were healthy enough to stay in the province to lead a simple life. No doctor visits, no complaints about health. Back then, I was almost in my mid thirties with two kids and and still working at the bank. Since  no one  could take care of my two kids, we had two househelpers, a yaya for the kids and one who worked all around. Those were the times when Mom and Dad would take a commute to come over and be with us for a week or two. They were always the ones who would find a househelper for us because back then, one year of stay for the latter was long enough. I even experienced being robbed of my earrings and necklace by  one who only stayed for a week.

It was when they were in their seventies that their health slowly deteriorated. Dad had  CKD (chronic renal disease) for more than ten years and succumbed to ESRD (end stage renal disease) later. He had six months of dialysis before he   died at the  age of 84. Mom left us more than a year ago at the ripe age of 94.

When they were my age, we would always look forward to every short vacation they would take to visit us. They enjoyed staying in the province where life was simple  and quiet.

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