Last night, I went to my grandmother’s wake. We were all taken by surprise because she wasn’t sick. Not sick sick like with cancer or anything serious like that, but she was complaining of a cough and that the weather wasn’t agreeing with her. She also couldn’t sleep for the past few days and asked my tita (her daughter), who is a doctor, for sleeping pills. They were supposed to take her to the hospital for a check-up on the 21st. They took her to Medical City. She got checked up. She slept at the hospital and never woke up again.
The one thing I remember about my grandmother, who was a lawyer, is that Imelda Marcos once accusingly pointed smudged fingers at her and said, “she dirtied my fingers”. My grandma was the one who took the former First Lady’s fingerprints when she was arrested in the mid-1990′s. It was something that kind of intimidated me from her because she was a lawyer and although she barely reached five feet in height, to me, she was larger than life. You should meet my grandfather who used to be a justice at the Sandiganbayan. I was scared of him!
I sat at one of the pews last night and looked at my titas. And I realized, I had their face, their hair and their eyes. My brother and I look alike but he got his face from my dad who got his face from my paternal grandfather’s side of the family. I got mine from my grandmother… face, hair, eyes… and ailments. Most of them (including some of the kids) have big and, very myopic, eyes. My mom also said I got my brain from them, which is a good thing because they’re all smart (HA!).
In a few years, I’m going to look like one (or most) of them. I already do. And when I grow old, I’m sure I’m going to look exactly like my grandmother. I just hope, that when I grow old, I’m going to look half as beautiful as my grandmothers.
Rest in peace, Lola.
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Condolence po, Miss Elise.
OMG.. i’m a totally lola’s girl! ayokong isipin that someday, mangyayari sakin ‘to. i don’t know if i can handle it.. really…
makiki-share lang din ako ng story…
panganay akong apo on both sides kaya i’m close to both my maternal and paternal grandmothers. it’s just that since i grew up in sta.mesa, i’m more my ‘nanay’s’ granddaughter than my lola’s.
my paternal grandmother died way back 1995 pa. nanay is 88 now, still insists she sleeps in her room on the 2nd floor and goes to church every sunday kahit naka-pedicab lang at inaalalayan ng padyak driver.
when i was young, i spent my afternoon naps with her. sobrang sanay ako sa ganung set-up so that one time, i woke up with my mom beside me, nag-iiyak ako kasi hindi ko nakita si nanay sa tabi ko. kahit sa gabi, nambubulahaw ako ng kapitbahay sa kakaiyak kasi tawag ako ng tawag sa kaniya. eh madali for her to come up to our house dahil magkatabi ang bahay namin sa compound.
i will be very sad if she goes. but she’s someone to whom i would be eternally grateful to for being such a doting grandmother, one i love as i do my mother.
condolence sister. and don’t worry, i may not have seen your grandmothers but i’m sure you’re as beautiful as they are – inside and out.
*cue music ulit…*
@ Faith: Thanks, dear
@ H: Ay naku, matagal pa ang ilalagi ni lola sa mundong ibabaw, don’t worry
Ako, I’m more of a lolo’s girl. He died when I was in college. My real lola died two years ago. Si Lola Letty naman (the one who passed away), siya na yung last lola ko sa father’s side so sad talaga kami lahat. Saka nagulat kami kasi wala siyang sakit! Tapos pasko pa 
So yun.
@ Edith: Bata pa naman ang nanay (maternal grandmother) namin, saka malakas pa. Yun lang, nasa Tarlac sila. Hindi man kami ganoon ka-close, iba pa rin syempre. I’m sure your nanay has a lot more years in her
Basta healthy siya, masaya saka walang sakit. Thanks, sweet. You made me feel better
*MUSIC IN: The One You Love*
Pareho kami ni Edith. Eldest on both sides. Once I joked to my siblings that I was the favorite of all the grandchildren. My siblings replied, “Eh totoo naman.” Hehe.
My condolences.
Thanks
Funeral was early today. ‘Di na nga ako nakapunta but we’re celebrating Christmas pa rin tomorrow. Magagalit si Lola if we postpone on her account hehe
Ay, panganay ako sa mother’s side, tapos panganay na girl ako sa father’s side. So special ako. Walang kokontra haha
ate, my condolences…
-_-.. wala na ko lola din, at kahit almost one year na, hinahanap-hanap pa din namin ang presence niya… Mahirap kapag napalapit talaga ng husto..
skeri nga si lola mo ate, hehe but for sure, mabait din siya, at mahal na mahal kayo.
Thanks, bunsoy! Hindi naman siya scary nung tumanda na ako hihi namiss namin ng husto yung presence niya kasi syempre, Christmas pa
thanks, bunsoy! *hugs*