<Gonna do this on my own...>

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

just came back from my cell grp mate's uncle wake...

and everytime i go to a wake... i cant help but picturing myself being the one mourning.
what if just suddenly, my dad or my mom or my brother or my grandma or my grandpa..
are just gone?

one moment they're smiling,
the next moment, they're gone..

it happened last year. my mom's brother death shocked everyone. I wrote it in my old blog... He was in the hospital undergoing treatment to get a rid of a cancerous growth in his throat.. the day before he passed away, he told everyone he was coming home for Christmas.
And the nxt day, he went..
and at the crematorium, his youngest son cried out for the loss of his father. He's 16, taking his O levels this year.

A few years back, the same thing happened to one of my friends. Her mom, who was one of my mom's good friend, died of stomach cancer when she was in the midst of preparing for the prelims and the Os. I wouldnt know how much of an impact it had on her, but right now, she's scoring at NJC.

I've always told others to be strong. For being strong lifts the pple around you.
If that day comes, when one of my loved ones moves on..
I know that I will have to be strong. The tears and mourning may show, but I will have to be strong. I will be strong.

And till that day comes...
I will protect all my loved ones, my friends and those I hold dear...