Dear Ellen,
It was very late last night when you suddenly appeared in my thoughts. I stopped with editing my video and greeted you in my head then said a prayer. Later, images of us during our university days flashed before me and I smiled.
Do you remember when we use to go to HP and were mistaken to be SM sales clerk because of our school uniform?
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| The Graduates of 1991 |
This morning, which I am sure is your bday, I realized that you were in my dream. There were 3 girls on a hill and one was pointing where Pantabangan was. You have mentioned that your family was displaced a long time ago and I know that the girl was showing your family's village. It might have been so hard for everyone to leave their birth place and start in a new one.
Before finally getting up, I greeted you again,saying how I miss you and that I love and admire you, my dear friend.
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| My dear friend, Ellen U. |
I admire you for your dedication to improve the status quo, of that mission to create a better world. I love you for your selflessness, courage and kindness.
Thank you for my first rally where Myra and I ended up in the back of a jeepney after some tear gas was fired and we were dispersed. I cannot remember how we ended up in the National Library with the others. That was quite an experience.
Years ago, I went to St.Scho and passed by the registrar's to get some papers. Apparently, we were in the same project and a copy was needed so that my papers could be released. It was decided that Lory and I together with little Dino embark on a little trip to see you. During the last leg of our journey, we found ourselves in a jeepney and it was after the driver asked our destination that we learned that you were gone.
The trip to your home seemed long. What followed-the house visit, your family, the cemetery and your name on the tombstone felt like a dream. That night we decided to go to Tarlac and tell the news to Louie. Everything seemed blurred though denial and pain, I will not forget. EVER.
I do not want to think of how your life might have been but I rejoice and celebrate the life you have created. It might be a short one but surely a life well lived.
You are in my thoughts. Happy birthday, Elenski! Say hi to Miss A. for me.
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