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May 12, '08 1:51 AM
for everyone

Just last week you could probably recall a certain news about a fire in Concepcion, Malabon. I live in the next barangay after. The fire devoured lives and properties far beyond expected...

I have many relatives in both my mom and dad's side that I truly don't know (by name, face or even by feelings). I have a complicated set of family (some tends to have 10-12 children on different spouses... or they tried to have many sons and daughters that are raised in a far away province). Me and my sisters are not even close to our cousins in my father side...

In the ruins of the devastation made by the fire that week a certain sight just made me think...

"Seen in a house in the middle of two other houses burned to ashes was the corpses of two elderly... a man and his wife... that seems to embrace each other while accepting the fate of death... this certain couple was my mom's grandmother's sibling and spouse... in short my great grandafather and great grandmother..."

It was said that because of a their age they couldn't afford to leave the place and just accepted the fate of being together 'til death...

It felt different for me for I truly don't know these people... I must have seen them when I was still a kid but couldn't recall or remember... for what it's worth, my mom and dad and other family members would go to the one night only wake for their bodies were almost charcoal that time. The son's and daughters of my greatgranddad and mom decided to just cremate the remains and have the wake for a day...

The incident just made me think that love truly goes a long way... and sometimes disastrous events can truly have a bittersweet hint to it...

"My great grandfather could actually get out of the house but he decided to save my great grand mom instead... too bad a burning post already trapped them in the burning edifice..."

May their souls rest in peace - forever loving in paradise...

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baxterdg wrote on May 12

Oh My God Ian... am so sorry to hear/read about your great grand parents and other relatives who were victims of the fire..... my deepest sympathy to you and your family.....

saintbarry wrote on May 12

our condolences

23stitches wrote on May 12

Ang hirap basahin ng ganito :'-(

yatotchronicles wrote on May 12

oh... i was there passing by the bridge going to concepcion when the burning incident happened... i heard nga that there were casualties... i never thought they were your great grandparents... im sorry for your lost... libay was also passing that way...

carthal wrote on May 12

ayokong magbasa ng ganito.. nahuhurt ako mashado...
im sure both of them are now in heaven.

mavie0005 wrote on May 12

surely they live a happy life together so as in heaven... so sad we can only see a LOVE like that in that "perioud of age".. I seen that LOVE too in my Grandmother and Grandfather lives......How I wish "that kind of Love" should also exist in our TIME... how I wish I could also grow old with that someone I share my LOVE with...

carthal wrote on May 12

mavie0005 said

bakit? wala bang love sa time natin?

iyaness wrote on May 12

carthal said

bakit? wala bang love sa time natin?

parang mahirap na mahanap ..

Ian, my condolences... >:(

mavie0005 wrote on May 12

Meron namang LOVE sa TIME natin.. but mostly.. only for a while,,, mostly it didn't last till their time is through.... at first you're madly inlove with each other but as the time passes by it changes,,, you grow bored and eventually you'll find something new...then you forgot the old feeling... magulo ba? hehehe... sorry.. what I mean to say is sa panahon natin ngayon everything changes marami kasing pang-gulo sa paligid.....

mavie0005 wrote on May 12

one example na magulo.. when it comes to knowing what LOVE means? " Moments of Love " how come na mahal ni Marco si Divina and at that same time inlove sya kay Leann? hehehe ang gulo diba?
(ding dong dantes, isa calzado, karyl).....

manyel wrote on May 12

condolences, ian. this is a terrible thing. my prayers are with your family.

randelirious wrote on May 12

naniniwala akong masaya sila ingkong at impo mo.

we should not worry about them anymore, kaya pala ganyan din ang altruism mo pagdating sa "Love", manado pala sa pamilya. :P

although this is very tragic, alam kong napalakas ang loob ko ng istoryang ito. at alam kong proud ka sa kanila Ian. :P

*hugs*