[Remembering Lola Ganda] Letter From Tita Mila

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From: Mila Urbano [mailto:mila.urbano@rogers.com]
Sent: Fri 2/11/2007 8:22 PM
To: Geocaniga, Christine
Subject: Lola Ganda

Dear Ten,

Please pass this on to our folks over there.

Mommy passed away last night. She went very peacefully. It was the kind of passing away that I have been praying for her. She was surrounded by all of us. She stopped breathing while we were surrounding her and saying prayers. Her face was serene, with the hint of a smile.

She died on All Saints Day, and also the date of her wedding anniversary. We were thinking Daddy was being romantic again and took her on their anniversary.

She was very brave till the end and never lost her faith.

She has been having trouble getting up in the the last week because of her swollen legs. It would have become worse if she lingered on. She wouldn't have liked that. She has refused to go to hospital earlier but agreed to be taken yesterday. We had to carry her by ambulance. Her breathing was already irregular. She was gasping. When they monitored her at the hospital they couldn't get a pulse reading. She was slurred in her speech but throughout it all she was still the thoughtful, loving, kind woman that she always was - thanking everybody around her. Even her doctor and hospital staff loved her.

So Lola Ganda will now shine her beauty in heaven. I know you will all continue to pray for her.

We will still make funeral arrangements today so we don't have a timetable yet. Will let you know. Although I'm sure Tito Jun has already been in touch with you.

Okay, Ten, love to you all.

Tita Mila