Yesterday I got a message from my cousin that our grandmother passed away. It really saddens me to hear news like that from a relative or family. Our grandmother's name is Violy. Yes she is very old and in this past few weeks she was really sick and always staying on her bed. She doesn't want to go to the hospital due to covid 19 as she is scared she might get that virus from going out specially going to the hospital. But when she was rushed to the hospital last night, she was diagnosed of having pneumonia and just a few hours she passed away already. So fast we are all surprise about what happened. And due to this pandemic, all senior citizen with this kind of illness should be cremated right away as to stop the spread of the virus just in case the result of her swab test is positive (we need to wait 3-5 days to know the result of the swab test). So we were not able to see her face even her dead body.
It's really sad when you can't say goodbye to your love one specially if they passed away. There are things I want to tell her like thank you for loving us since we were young. She is actually the second wife of our grandfather since our grandmother died when I was 1 year old. Even though she is not our grandmother by blood, she takes care of us and loved us just like her own. I remember the day when I told her I'm leaving because I will be working in Dubai. She hugged me tight and even give me 10 dollar pocket money because she knew that I don't have enough during that time as I spend a lot when I processed my papers. It might be a small amount of money but it's really a big help during that time. Every Christmas she wants everybody to go to their house and eat and then she will give us money as "aguinaldo". If it's our birthday she makes sure that she will greet us first thing in the morning. She memorize all our birthdays. Those are only some of her nice traits as a Lola to us.
I know that if someone you love died she will become one of your angels. I know we have a new angel now who will watch us everyday from heaven. I know Lola Violy is now happy with our Lolo Berto in heaven. I know that not all goodbyes are painful. Sometimes it reminds us that nothing is permanent in this world. We don't know what might happen to anyone so make sure to show them you love them with all of your heart. Make them feel you care and they are important to you. God has plans. We may not able to understand Him but we need to trust Him.
Goodbye Lola Violy. We love you very much.
We're kinda the same friend. This year, my lola also passed away, but it's within the Taal Volcano issue and we're one of the victims. It really hurts that she passed away and we're still not in our home since we're evacuees. Condolence to you family. I don't have the ability to ease your pains. But I hope you're going to feel much better now. Your lola is proud of you and she's going to guide you all through out 💕