What are you thankful for today?
I am thankful for our family, parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. all different characters and we all belong together.
Look at this black and white photo
Golden anniversary of our grandparents
We were all there, some not even born
Most of them were not with us anymore
And so with this in mind, my homage
Tatay was my idol, a great reader
Died of Parkinson’s disease, still reading
He put the meanings of the difficult words
Wrote them in pencils at the side of books
Nanay, still beautiful in her old age
Long wavy hair, deaf as a post
Her cooking, shall we say, creative
Mixing things we normally don’t mixed
Tia Carol and Tio Fred, both in heaven
Both doctors, humble as pies
Good storytellers, took life leisurely
Spoke the dialect I cannot understand
Tio Alex, bless his soul, only brother
Worked in Customs, good looking
Tia Ludy, still with us, still elegant
Brought the kids on her own
My Mum, my darling mother
Pregnant with our youngest brother
My Dad, I still miss him, now gone
Memories in our hearts and souls
All siblings and cousins
Now all with own families
We used to play together
Our own family portrait
(c) ladyleemanila 2016
For: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 8.
Also for: NaNoPoblano Day 8
I love your family tribute posts, Lady Lee. They always give me goose bumps. So beautiful. Have a blessed day!
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