The woman who will always be dubbed, "The Mother of Philippine Democracy", Former President Corazon Aquino passed away this morning at 3:18 am.
People will be writing all over about her as a woman, a mother, a president and a staunch believer in the Filipino people. This part, I would just like to share my brief encounter with the woman who was recently then declared the president.
I remember we were sent of to Texas to my Tita Geline's during the 80's. My brother was about just 2 years old. I had no idea what was happening then. I just remembered getting on the plane and visiting my cousins. How long we were there, I cannot recall exactly. But we were there for a while. Our stay was about to come to an end when dad finally came over. We took a short trip all over before coming home. Joey was practically talking in an American accent by then.
When we got back, people were running all over the place one day. Being a child in a Christian household, I was taught from an early age that God was everything. King, Father, Lord, teacher... So when I heard the president was coming, I thought it was God coming!
I heard cars coming up our road and I was in my parent's room then. I rushed out and saw men with machine guns on top down vehicles, with yellow bands around their heads. I remember thinking, "Those are angels?"
When I finally got the chance to see the actual President, all I remember was a woman dressed all in yellow, just as I was in a yellow shirt with something written on it that I could just barely understand. She carried my brother who looked confused and scared. Then we took the picture that has been in our living room since then. Only to my regret that Joey and I had the habit of smiling in the most stupid way. Thanks to Christian, my cousin in Texas who "taught" us to do so.
Since then, I got to understand who she really was and how all those things were happening and what it all meant. She will always be remembered.
People will be writing all over about her as a woman, a mother, a president and a staunch believer in the Filipino people. This part, I would just like to share my brief encounter with the woman who was recently then declared the president.
I remember we were sent of to Texas to my Tita Geline's during the 80's. My brother was about just 2 years old. I had no idea what was happening then. I just remembered getting on the plane and visiting my cousins. How long we were there, I cannot recall exactly. But we were there for a while. Our stay was about to come to an end when dad finally came over. We took a short trip all over before coming home. Joey was practically talking in an American accent by then.
When we got back, people were running all over the place one day. Being a child in a Christian household, I was taught from an early age that God was everything. King, Father, Lord, teacher... So when I heard the president was coming, I thought it was God coming!
I heard cars coming up our road and I was in my parent's room then. I rushed out and saw men with machine guns on top down vehicles, with yellow bands around their heads. I remember thinking, "Those are angels?"
When I finally got the chance to see the actual President, all I remember was a woman dressed all in yellow, just as I was in a yellow shirt with something written on it that I could just barely understand. She carried my brother who looked confused and scared. Then we took the picture that has been in our living room since then. Only to my regret that Joey and I had the habit of smiling in the most stupid way. Thanks to Christian, my cousin in Texas who "taught" us to do so.
Since then, I got to understand who she really was and how all those things were happening and what it all meant. She will always be remembered.
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