A goodbye
08 January 2006, 10:08p
Today, I lost a very dear and close uncle. He is the husband of my mother’s sister. I saw him last in 2003, when he came to the Philippines when his own mother died.
He’s not a blood relative, but he was a very good person to me. He helped take care of me when I was recovering from a surgery many years ago. Anyway, all the time that I was away from my own father and family, he made a great substitute, and he always made me feel like I was another daughter.
I feel sad that I won’t be able to say goodbye personally, but somehow, I’m comforted by the fact that he’s in a better and more peaceful place now. And I’m also somehow glad that my last sight of him was a good one. He was smiling and waving goodbye after we gave him a ride home during his last visit in Manila. I will remember that smile, always…
