We always look forward to long, well-planned break but  this time we went home unprepared, almost photofinish from the time we received the news about the demise of my mother in law till we applied and got approval for an emergency leave, process our exit reentry visas and purchased our tickets.  We were agitated with so short a time to catch the burial and panicky that we might miss it.  The plan was to board the plane to Manila and upon arrival my brother will pick up us from the airport to the nearest bus station to catch the first available trip to Ilocos.   It happened as planned and we still came on the last hours of the wake.   My in laws from Canada also headed home and though it was a sad reunion amongst my husband’s siblings and relatives, still this was an apt chance for them to be together.

My mother in law passed away early morning of June 12, Philippine Independence Day.   Initially, acceptance does not comes easily, but we rested with the thought that she finally joined her Creator and this  in a way gave us this light feeling of letting go. Her earthly body is now devoid  of all the pains and aches, worries and problems.

It was unbearable to see how my husband was silently grieving over the loss of his dear mom,  he was at a lost and confused since he just came back from a 3 week emergency leave to the Philippines.  Due to my prodding, I encouraged him to go home while his mom is still lucid.  He was then able to take care of her.   He came back to Riyadh already convinced that he is already prepared for any eventualities.  True enough, barely a month after he had returned to work, his mother passed away.    Whew! It wasn’t easy, bosses and work to consider, time constraint and budget to check and balance but  but still we exhausted all means to come home to see her for the last time.  And their dream reunion happened.  Sad and happy one!

It is a realization that we need to show the love and care for our loved ones, while they are still around.   Tell them often  the magic word “I love you” before it’s too late.

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