TREASURES

see video: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CIwNnHKnIuG/?igshid=poxvmc6q3uwk November 20, 2020. Limang araw matapos naming ipinagdiwang ang iyong kaarawan nang wala ka na sa aming piling. Mga puting bulaklak, bilin mo kay Cocoy. Nandito na si Elmo, si Zak at si Jayne.  Mga kasamahan mo sa Legion of Mary, dumating din sa kabila ng walang tigil na ulan.  At mga kamag-anak mong mahal na nagsipagdasal din para sa iyong maluwalhating paglalakbay...."dyan sa kabilang buhay".   Kaligtasan, kapayapaan, kaginhawahan.

Circa 1938.  Often called "Shirley temple" by friends, neighbors and relatives for she was being adorned with elegant clothes by her alluring mother, Ramona.  To playfully pose in style at a Glamour Studio located at the corner of calle San Rafael (now Fernandez St.) and calle Concepcion (now Coronado St.) beside the stairway leading to the Roman Catholic Church.  Her father Adriano, an Artist/Photographer owns and operates the studio.  He is the only Artist/Photographer in the locality who organizes out-of-town trips for glamour and leisure. By a struck of fate, her lavish lifestyle so suddenly changed upon her parents' demise at a young age of 5.  She was then adopted by her lolo Francisco, a farmer living in far away barrio Alumbrado.  She went back to town only when she entered 4th Grade up until she finished her studies with the help of her lola Belen and her tio Mateo's family. Today, November 15 could have been her 85th birthday if she is still livin...