Home » Archives » 24. January 2008
many thanks, loi
January 24, 2008argh! this is a total a**hole! almost finished with my 800-word entry tonight, and everything is gone.
haaa….for the love of loi… i’ll repeat everything and hope to recapture that emotional entry.
***
ate luisa–or loi, as what i prefer to call her–will leave tomorrow. her temporary stay here in the white house (not the one in washington) ends as the training of the new yaya ended. she doesn’t know about this, but i’m terribly saddened by this temporary split. (i don’t know when i’m going back to caloocan, but am sure it’ll be a long time before it will happen). she doesn’t know this also, but i know she feels devastated also. (might be an exaggeration, but it’s true).
loi has been with the family even before me. she left the house for quite sometime to build her own independent life somewhere in aklan. but her earnestness brought her back to us. she had her shares of heartaches with lola who’ve caused her pain (but, believe me, it’s a matter of geriatric than anything else). but she chose to remain with us whom she considered family–more than blood; more than birthright. we likewise considered her a part of the family; specifically myself. i see her as my second mother. she takes good care of me–looking after me every time i arrive late at night, attending to my needs when i eat, travel, have events, etc. more than the extra hand, hands actually, i learned a lot from her. and those valuable lessons make our bond more special.
i lately, when i started rewinding my body clock, we started this early morning habit of walking around the village with the cutest of ‘em all, baby lyle. now that she’s leaving, tomorrow will be our final day of walking. i’ll still probably walk with lyle and another nanny…but a walk with her is more than the ordinary. yesterday, while we were resting under a tree; hiding from the sun, we sang "maging sino ka man." we didn’t care how bad our voices were. we sang is if it were the last time haaay…i’ll miss her… *sparkles! ‘ve learned a lot of things from her…the pow
er of integrity…the beauty of simplicity…the value of honesty…
…


