hugs and prayers.
My mother who died four months ago visited me in my dreams one night. I felt that it was a very sad dream which made me woke up from my sleep sobbing. I really can't remember the exact scenes and I can't understand what could be the reason or meaning of it but what is very clear to me is that nanay wants me to know that she and tatay feel for me, that they are there for me. That morning, after dropping my son to his school for his graduation pictorial, I went to the columbarium where nanay and tatay's urn are kept. I sat down, stared at their tombstone and my tears started to fall. I told them I needed their hugs- to comfort me. Suddenly, everything came back, when tatay hugs me tightly at any time of day, for no reason at all, more so, when I am crying. Only tatay's tight hugs makes me stop from crying. I may be considered as their strongest youngest daughter, because never did I show them when something bothers me, when I have problems or when I'm badly hurt. Bu...