i miss you lolo

I was writing another blog entry (that has yet to be posted) when I decided to watch Glee. I stopped watching it a few episodes into the second season and now I'm watching it from the beginning of the current season. I was on the third episode. All of a sudden, I remembered and missed Lolo. I couldn't stop crying.

It's been five years since he passed away but until now, it still feels just like yesterday. I can still remember how I would sometimes consult him regarding some assignment on electrical circuits. Or how we'd discuss politics. It doesn't seem so long ago when one summer, he bought lots of cavendish bananas and asked me to bake loaves after loaves of banana cake for him. I can still remember how he tried to convince me to go into medicine instead of law as early as my freshman year in college. Oh how happy he would have been to see me now that I'm more than halfway through medical school.

I miss his stories about World War II, about martial law, about love. I miss his life lessons which I try to always remember and live by. If heaven does exist, as you believe it to be, I know that you will be there looking over all of us down here. On March 26th five years ago, I didn't only lose the only grandfather that I had while growing up; I also lost a friend and a teacher.

I miss you Lolo, and I know we all do.