Today is a tough day for me and even harder for my husband. We have been distracted all day as we wait with dread for the phone to ring with a call from his mother.

I have a rather large family with many (kamag-anak) Aunts, Uncles, nephews and nieces. My husband does not. In total I have lost count on my side or I really need to write them all down and think about it. Goryo has 5 sets of Aunts and Uncles with one Uncle having passed away 6 years ago. Today, we wait for the call of the passing of yet another aunt.

Most of us have our own collection of aunts and uncles and a variety of relationships with them. Some are nice or not nice. Some are a role model while others are just flat out weird. Some you wonder how they stayed a couple while others you wondered if you could be a couple like them.

This Aunt D and her hubby Uncle L are the kind of couple that you and your husband can hope to be like for your entire life. Married once when they were young and going strong well over 45 years later. This was one of those couples who were tight. They are living extensions of each other. You would be hard pressed to find a couple closer than they were. Additionally, they are some of the most thoughtful and caring people on this planet. They are and especially Aunt D is the living embodiment of what a Christian should be. Sure they had their faults but are very close to what all Christians aspire to be.

All throughout her life she looked to serve others and uplift them. There wasn’t a mean bone in her body. She was accepting of all including me. In my first month here, she readily accepted me and welcomed me into the family when my bana’s kapatid did not. I am truly blessed to have her in my life. When she retired from work and I was about to start into the working world, she gave me many shoes and outfits that she wore as we are the same size.

Alas, a couple of years ago she got and fought off cancer only for it to return. Eventually, the cancer took over and was destroying her bones and blood cells. The pain was excruciating as her vertebrae, hip, leg and pelvic bones cracked under the slightest bit of pressure including just walking.

But in the face of such pain and knowing the fight may end up in her going home to Jesus, she never wavered from who she was. It didn’t matter she was dying a slow painful death. She would always focus on you by serving you and caring about you. She could easily have been justified in complaining but that was not her. I mentioned her in my previous article The Call.

We sit here waiting for the call letting us know she has paved the way for her husband and waits for him in heaven. She truly was an angel for her time here on Earth.

So to Aunt D I give tribute to her life. In this song below, I give my heart out to her husband. He is faced with releasing his champion from this world.

Anah

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