Hazzah! Regular broadcasting has returned to my blog. Everything is as it should be, according to angelo. Awesome, worked in the title of my blog. 1point. Okay so i'm a little bit hyper right now, maybe a little ironic when you consider the following post. But pretty much the most massive thing that happened to me about two months ago was the passing of my grandma. I know its not much but i thought i'd have a post dedicated entirely to her. Plus i figured i thought about it quite a bit lately, might be kinda nice for me to have some of these memories written down.
Alright so she was born Encarnacion Sunga December 22nd 1928. Born and lived the majority of her life in the Philippines. More specifically, on Smith st, Malate, Manila. It was here she was raised with her 8 siblings and met the love of her life. I had heard plenty of stories about her life before the marriage and kids, and whilst the stories of a war-torn neighbourhood was interesting to me, the story of their court-ship is what really had me going. To my grandfather's credit he was smooth, suave and gentlemanly. For four years they "dated". And though i refer to it as dating, it is nothing like what dating means for us these days. By her account, he visited her every saturday for those four years. Never leaving the house with her, and never courting on any other day but that. All they had was that one afternoon on the weekends, but i that was enough. They got married and i guess they persevered through all obstacles cause only death separated them. I can't really imagine what its like to have been married for as many years as them (43 i think), and then be alone. But she was strong. I will always remember how strong of a woman my grandma was. Maybe that was why it pained me so much to see her those last few weeks, so weak and fragile. I wished i could've done something to help, but instead at 9:20pm on the 31st of March 2010, she passed away. I'm confident in her salvation but that selfish part of me would beg for her to be back here with us. She was my lola.
So it occured to me, that no matter how long this post goes on, i still would not have truly capture the 81 years of her life. They were amazing, and eventful. A life well lived. So i started with the basics. Once in a while i'll post something more about her; the song we never finished, the eulogy i never gave or the apology i'm still finishing. But for now, i leave you with the thought of her marriage and how it triumphant it was. Either way this is just the tip of the iceberg of the life that was Encarnacion.
PS the picture has no relevance, i just have no time to upload one of my lola. When i do, it'll be out of context for that post too evenning things out.
