“Lola Unang”

Morning is breaking.

Light is starting to appear after the darkness of the night.

The sun is beginning to appear.

With a smile, she was gone.

She was an icon in our place.

A “hilot” and a “kumadrona”, she extends help to everybody without prejudice.

She was the symbol of women empowerment at her time. Not a midwife in profession but she helped a lot of pregnant mothers. She made child birthing easy and bearable.

With her gentle hands and her soft whisper, illnesses and diseases are gone.

I was treated by her because of my asthma when I was young. She endorses herbal medicine as a treatment.

Call it too traditional and old fashioned, but I brought my children, QB and Zach to her for her “tawas” and “sigin”.

From generation to generation, she was present in the families of Carrascal who believes in her capability to heal.

But now, it’s time for her to find peace.

In the hands of the Almighty Father she rested.

In her demise, who will be the next Lola Unang?

We will miss you…