Wolfgang Puck, Casper and Mom

[agabot]

In my country, we celebrate All Saints' Day today, Nov. 1, and we all troop to the cemeteries en masse to visit our dead and collectively reminisce and pay our respects. People hang out and stay there the whole day as a family. Like I wrote in a column in Businessworld last year about this tradition, it's like a day-long melancholic picnic

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[wasabi1me]

Taking a deep breath. Thank you for sharing this again. I am remembering my dad today who passed away in 2000. And I still miss him. You made me smile with Casper, Little Lota, Richie Rich (I'd buy the comics if they'd just reprint). Ka batch nga tayo. It's nice to imagine my father's with Casper, too.

[mrshobbes]

As someone who lost her mom two years ago, I'm still grappling with the loss until now. I've mentioned my feelings in random posts on my LJ, but I never took the time to write a long one about her. My feelings and our relationship was a complicated thing, but after many conversations with my dad, friends and a very, very beloved mentor, it all boils down to this: whatever happened between us, I won't ever doubt how much she loved me, and loves me still, perhaps even better, where she is now.

It's not the season that reminds me of her these days; other things happening in my (extended) family has had me revisiting those hellish last months of my mom's life. Perhaps one of these days I'll talk about it in a blog post. As things stand now, though, it's hard to talk about.

Thanks so much for your openness. :)