Last farewell

I said my last goodbye to Lolo Sulping last night, at about 11:30. With the rest of my family, I stood by the door to the morgue to wait for the funeral parlor people to take him on a stretcher. I wanted to see how he looked one last time, before Rizal Funeral Homes' makeup artists ravaged his face with tons of foundation and lipstick the color of baduy red. In my mind, I thanked him for hanging on as long and as far as he could for us. I told him I was letting him go to rest eternally, because that was the unselfish thing to do.

I love you, Lolo.