tita rory, my good friend cindy's mom, has been in the hospital since last thursday after she suffered a stroke. when we visited her last monday, she seemed better and wednesday during lunch with some friends, her condition was still improving. yesterday morning, i got word from cinds that tita rory suffered another stroke and was in critical condition. the family decided for her to have an operation but sadly, tita rory finally met with our Creator around 930pm last night.
death is indeed a frightening reality. we know of it but it is never something you can fully prepare for. having had to deal with it a number of times doesn't make it any easier. last night, it felt like it was a scene from a movie - the one you watch and dismiss as something that probably will never happen to you. we go on with the foolish notion that death is something we will never have to deal with when in fact it is the only certainty in this world. gummi and i made a good decision being there last night - this is the best we, as friends, can do for cinds that time. to let her know that we sympathize in whatever she and her family are going through. that her mom was somebody special - that we know her and that we she was in someway our extended mother.
there are a lot of things to remember tita rory for. she can be quite softspoken. she cooks really really delicious meals (her kare-kare is so good) and she has always opened their house for most of our parties back in college. she has been a great woman and an even greater mom. she's with the Lord already and there's comfort in that.
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