Moment with Granny

Last November 1,we visited our dearly departed great grandmother on my mother's side at St. Mary's Cemetery in my hometown. It is also an important time for our family to spend time together with the memory of our loving Nanay Anda.

SHORT KWENTO ABOUT MY NANAY ANDA: I'm really close to her even though I'm already her first apo sa tuhod since mama is her apo. I am a lola's girl. I grew up with her and I spent 24 years of my life living with her.the love and care she showered me during those years,it's more than enough. 

She has three children, she was widowed at the age of 25 because her husband is a soldier during the World War 2 and after her husband's death, she decided not to marry again and became the sole provider of her three little children that time - my lolo Vic as the eldest, followed by lolo Jorge (the father of mama) and my Inay Ludy (the one I mentioned here) as the youngest and only girl. Nanay Anda was one of the most loving, caring and kind-hearted woman I knew. Mahal na mahal nya kaming lahat na apo nya. All of us,her apo sa tuhod call her "Granny" everytime naglalambing kami.Cool na cool. I love her happy disposition, endearing traits and everytime she tell us stories,especially her very own love story with the soldier lolo Anastacio. very classic kind of love. She like hubby Allan for me even before, who's still my bf then and she knew that we'll end up together. Unfortunately, she's not with us anymore when we got married since she died last 2007 at the age of 90 while Allan and I got married last 2008. She didn't see Xian at all. I know she'll love him like the way she loved me, or I guess MORE. When I lost her, God gave me Xian. if there's one thing that I'm sure of, she's happy watching over my family and I know that she's proud of me because the little girl back then is now a mommy and a wife. If only she's still here with us right now, life is perfect for me.

I remember I had a very long blog entry after Nanay Anda's death based on my memories and moments shared with her. I posted it in my friendship account, too bad di ko naretrieve when friendster closed.tsk,tsk! 

Moving forward, even though she's gone, Allan and I make sure that in our own little way, Xian will get to know our "Nanay Anda" and tell stories about her.


Here are just some of the little man's snapshots during our visit.

staring intently at Nanay Anda's resting place

My mag-ama's moment. ako na ang OP! :D

  

eto pa..

 GROSS SHOT.Xian is actually trying to kiss hubby on the nose, ang pangit lang ng kinalabasan.

 Snack time.

 ume-Angry Bird Xian with his kuya Carlo.

We went there around 9:00 AM together with my other family members but hubby, me and Xian left the cemetery around 1:00 PM since we also went to hubby's hometown to visit my father-in-law as well as hubby's departed relatives. We came back at St. Mary's Cemetery around 5 PM and headed home at exactly 7:00 PM although I missed catching up with my other cousins while we're away.

We'll be back over the weekend to visit granny again.