Never really favored a particular month but I surely would like certain months to pass faster than others. March would be one of them.
It's been difficult this past week to focus on anything other than death. It's been six years this past Sunday since we lost Emil, our dear cousin and uncle to Lauren, and it's still hard to get through that day without getting emotional. Especially for Lauren.
What do you say when she comes in your room crying at midnight coz she misses him? How do you assure her that it'll get better when it hasn't? She misses someone whom she use to see everyday at school. Maybe she feels like she was robbed of time with him since she was only 8 years old. Would they have been close and hung out? Gone to concerts or the mall? We'll never know.
She's at the same age now and going through the same hallways and classes he was going to. Preparing for 8th Grade graduation like he was although he never made it to his. I'm pretty sure she'll be thinking about him that day. Maybe finally leaving that school will help her cope with the loss. Maybe?
It's never hard for the people that die but for the people they leave behind. What can you say to make them feel better? Nothing at all but to be there for support and to pray for their loved ones speaks volumes. That's when you know who your friends are. The ones that go to your grandmother's funeral even if they didn't really know her that well. You know that they're doing it to give you whatever type of support they can. Just by being there.
That's why during this past week, it was really important for us to show support to our friend Rachel, who lost her grandmother... a really sweet lady ... because she and her family were there for us when we lost my father-in-law, Emil, our grandma and uncle. Also, to attend the prayer vigil for Carlo and Amber's cousin, Claudine Lopez, because she and her family were not just present during the wake and funeral but also to the prayer vigils for our loved ones. If being there could bring just a tiny bit of light to their grief then we're there. Our hearts and prayers go out to Rachel and the Magtoto/Garcia/Ortega family for their loss and to the Lopez family for the sudden passing of their beautiful daughter. May time help ease the pain that are in your hearts.
Don't forget to "LOVE" your loved ones coz life is too short to sweat the small stuff.
Just one more day ... a hui ho ... teena
It's been difficult this past week to focus on anything other than death. It's been six years this past Sunday since we lost Emil, our dear cousin and uncle to Lauren, and it's still hard to get through that day without getting emotional. Especially for Lauren.
What do you say when she comes in your room crying at midnight coz she misses him? How do you assure her that it'll get better when it hasn't? She misses someone whom she use to see everyday at school. Maybe she feels like she was robbed of time with him since she was only 8 years old. Would they have been close and hung out? Gone to concerts or the mall? We'll never know.
She's at the same age now and going through the same hallways and classes he was going to. Preparing for 8th Grade graduation like he was although he never made it to his. I'm pretty sure she'll be thinking about him that day. Maybe finally leaving that school will help her cope with the loss. Maybe?
It's never hard for the people that die but for the people they leave behind. What can you say to make them feel better? Nothing at all but to be there for support and to pray for their loved ones speaks volumes. That's when you know who your friends are. The ones that go to your grandmother's funeral even if they didn't really know her that well. You know that they're doing it to give you whatever type of support they can. Just by being there.
That's why during this past week, it was really important for us to show support to our friend Rachel, who lost her grandmother... a really sweet lady ... because she and her family were there for us when we lost my father-in-law, Emil, our grandma and uncle. Also, to attend the prayer vigil for Carlo and Amber's cousin, Claudine Lopez, because she and her family were not just present during the wake and funeral but also to the prayer vigils for our loved ones. If being there could bring just a tiny bit of light to their grief then we're there. Our hearts and prayers go out to Rachel and the Magtoto/Garcia/Ortega family for their loss and to the Lopez family for the sudden passing of their beautiful daughter. May time help ease the pain that are in your hearts.
Don't forget to "LOVE" your loved ones coz life is too short to sweat the small stuff.
Just one more day ... a hui ho ... teena
