only for today

March 26, 2013
My grandmother would have been 89 today.

I have a small envelope of some of her things. Miscellany, mostly. Notes, a pocket mirror, church brochures, a bobby pin. There's also a small stack of worn cuts of binder paper. You can tell they were held and read over and over-- she hand wrote about a dozen prayers and would read from these throughout the day.

I miss her. Her delicate cursive is so telling of who she was. They make me cry so I try not to look into this envelope too much.

But today, it's okay. Happy Birthday, Mama Hely. Mahal kita.

4 comments:

  1. its so lovely you have an envelope of her things x

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  2. Hey, you have memories in that envelope... After my mother passed, I was surprised to see that she had kept my grandma's sewing box, pinking shears, as well as other things I remembered she had used... Cry happy tears! You were lucky to have experienced her life... She will definitely be in yours forever just like mine is.

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  3. My grandma would have been 99 this month, and I think about her all the time, too.

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  4. My grandma would have been 99 this month (exactly ten years apart from yours!), and I think about her all the time, too.

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