Lola, I miss you and Love you everyday by Maggie Manalo

 

Lola, I miss you and Love you everyday. Every night I pray that you are happy, that you are living in Heaven with peace and harmony with your family. I miss coming to visit you... How I wish I could drive to your house after school, and you would be there to greet me. I wish that Auntie Monet would text me like she usually does, asking me if I am free to take you to your doctors appointments. Whenever I would pick you up, you would always wait outside of the porch for me and I would tell you to not wait outside because you might get cold... I wish that when I drove to Long Beach, you would be there on the porch with your black bag, your blue placard and little hat sitting patiently. How I wish I could have those short moments with you again, to see you, to hug you and kiss you.

I miss j...ust knowing what you had to eat for breakfast... to visit you at the hospital during lunch time to make sure you never had to eat alone. I miss sleeping next to you when I was a kid, and then again when you were in the hospital. I miss being closer to you, to feel your hands embrace and warm cheek. I miss everything about you, your voice, your smile, your laughter, your presence.

Lola you have guided me throughout my whole life... and I pray that you will continue to be with me and lead me to the right path. I feel burdened with a pain that longs to be near you... but I am at peace knowing that you are in the Philippines like you wished. I miss you, more and more everyday... i miss my best friend, my mother, my grandmother, my everything.