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Going to province has been one of the things that I look forward to -the green sceneries, blue pristine ocean, very simple lifestyle and most especially visiting my amazing lovely grandparents but during this time I never thought I would visit one of them in their grave, my grandfather who has been very close to my mother. To be honest, I have not spent much of quality time with him because his too far from where we live. But I still remember when I was so little we celebrated my birthday in their place and they wiped some blood from the slaughtered chicken in my forehead. This has been a practiced in our family where in we are going to buy an alive chicken and we are going to cut its neck and let the blood spill until it dies but today, that we are old enough, we are no longer putting some blood in our forehead. When, I heard that he died I was so sad because the last time I was there it was his birthday and he was so happy that he was able to see his children and grandchildren. It was like a massive reunion. I can clearly see from his face that he is genuinely happy and now he is gone. Not just for a day but forever. I was a bit worried about my grandmother because she can't still believe that her husband is dead.
After 40 days from his death, we visited my mother's hometown Daanbantayan. We woke up around 4am to prepare and proceed to the North Bus Stop. We rode the bus around 5:30 am then, we arrived in Bitoon, Daanbatayan at almost 10 am. We went to the beach just across the cemetery and waited for our relatives and family friends and then my grandmother arrived. We started walking going to the cemetery to visit the grave of my grandfather. Afterwhich, we went back to the beach and started to eat, talk and spend time. My cousins are so excited to take a splash in the ocean even though they don't know how to swim, including myself. It was fun until my little cousins keep on complaining because my older cousin pretends to be a shark and drags him underneath. We keep on shouting, yelling and telling him to stop. The kids decided to walked off from the water and went back to the shore and started to delve the food once more. They are just so cute, adorable and lovely. We really had a good a time. My brother was able to took some photos of mine. It pretty looks decent, sort of. And we of course, I took some groufies of my cute cousins. They even wanted me to take hundreds but I told them that I had to stop since I'm only using my mother's phone and it only has a small extra storage. Around almost 2pm we decided to go home in the city and it was sad and we want to stay a little bit more but we can't because I think it was Christmas day after this day.
I almost forgot about our loss. It's not a bad thing, is it? I mean having a short fun time doesn't directly associate us of forgetting him. I think my grandfather wants us to move forward as fast as we can. I think he would also be broken hearted if he sees us being so upset and crying for the whole time. He always wants the best for us. But everytime I look my grandma, I can really tell that she can't still accept it. Each time, someone mentions my grandfather's name or anything related to him I know it kills her. She longs for him. She misses him so bad. My grandfather's death anniversary is fast approaching (October) and I can't stop myself from thinking about my grandmother. I just hope for the best.
This post is kinda emotional but I hope you are able to reach this part. I was trying not mention my grandfather's death but I just can't especially when its about this place, Daanbantayan. When I think about this place, I think about them too. My grandparents are always the reason why my mother keeps on coming back here and us, oftentimes. I just hope that this whole pandemic will be over or at least its fine to cross borders to go back in my mother's hometown so that we can visit my grandparents. And for all of us, so that we can visit our loved ones, hug them so tight and kiss them as we express our love towards them.
Hello once again! Heads up hivers! Jenny Mauring here who lives in Mandaue, Cebu City Philippines, 19 years old and soon will be no longer a teenager! I am a self taught artist, if you consider me as one. I am the only daughter of my loving and little uptight parents. Plus, the one and only sister of my naughty, messy and nasty three brothers. I am a student in Cebu Normal University- Main Campus who wishes to complete the program of Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Science, to cut it short, I want to be a teacher someday. I am a friend to some and strangers to many. I am a lady with light in her eyes, love in her bones and a sucker of artsy and creatives. Come and visit my blog @jmauring to check out my content. You can also connect with me through my Instagram account, that's @jmauring, Jenny Mauring in Facebook and YouTube Channel as well. Stay happy, healthy and crazy.
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