Collage taken from Alan Pagkanlungan Ravalo's Album.We laid to rest our beloved Mother on Wednesday, November 4th. It was raining when we reached the Aglipayan Church in Mandaluyong where she was given a special blessing.
At the funeral home in Sanctuarium, she had a daily evening Catholic Mass officiated by the friendly chaplain, Fr. Richard.
I recorded several of the masses and the viewing but when we got to the cemetery, my video cam just sent me a message "error." So when I finally viewed my recording, there was nothing recorded at the Aglipayan Church and at the cemetery, but everything else was intact.
I suspect my mother was sort of jealous that I was busy camcording when I should have been grieving properly for her.
Of course, I was grieving. And still am. We all are.
I should have left for Canada on the 3rd of November, but Nanay passed away on the 3oth almost after noon. She probably thought that I would not be able to come back to P.I. if she left this world after Oct. 3oth so she chose to depart before I flew home to Toronto.
When my father died in 2000, I just barely arrived from Toronto.
Everything has been said and done. The final rites, the final goodbyes, the final tears.
We tried to take care of Nanay the best way we could. In the end, she chose to leave at noon
and the evening prior to that, my sister Josie said Mother was at her "best behaviour - at peace."
All has been said and done. But the love and memories will linger and stay forever.
At the funeral home in Sanctuarium, she had a daily evening Catholic Mass officiated by the friendly chaplain, Fr. Richard.
I recorded several of the masses and the viewing but when we got to the cemetery, my video cam just sent me a message "error." So when I finally viewed my recording, there was nothing recorded at the Aglipayan Church and at the cemetery, but everything else was intact.
I suspect my mother was sort of jealous that I was busy camcording when I should have been grieving properly for her.
Of course, I was grieving. And still am. We all are.
I should have left for Canada on the 3rd of November, but Nanay passed away on the 3oth almost after noon. She probably thought that I would not be able to come back to P.I. if she left this world after Oct. 3oth so she chose to depart before I flew home to Toronto.
When my father died in 2000, I just barely arrived from Toronto.
Everything has been said and done. The final rites, the final goodbyes, the final tears.
We tried to take care of Nanay the best way we could. In the end, she chose to leave at noon
and the evening prior to that, my sister Josie said Mother was at her "best behaviour - at peace."
All has been said and done. But the love and memories will linger and stay forever.
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