The place where you found happiness and great memories isn't easy to forget. I been traveling a far distance but I won't forget the place where I found myself, molded my spiritual aspect in life.It was long time ago when I was a teenager.
The sister of my father have a tailoring and textile merchandize in Toril Davao. They own that business and we all the female nieces and all cousin worked there. Some of us were studying their college. I was one of them and my brother was a tailor. We worked together and gave our earnings to our parent.
Every Sunday, we went together to the church and during Sunday the store was closed. Imagine the business is still open until now though the original owner my Aunt and her husband was already dead last 1980s. Our cousin still keeping the business until now. After 4 decades of my absence, I was there again and met my cousins. The heartfelt welcome party they plan for me though I was not planning to go Davao. I went there due to the disease of my sister-in-law. Unexpectedly, the surprised birthday present as it was happened last May 24, 2024.
We were the four young ladies before working in this establishment but the two of us were the daughter of the owner,my Aunt. My husband and husband of my cousin and those man at my back is the older son of the owner of the store. We met after 4 decade. Before we were still single.
We were closed to each other , no boundaries until now.
The eldest cousin , the daughter of my Aunt was already dead last year and this is her husband, one of those who manage the store in any branches around the city.
These were the preparation intended for me. All of them were my cousins who were younger than me,nieces and nephews. They became successful seafarer, engineers, teachers, dentist and almost all professional.
We were happy meeting alived after 4 decades. Then, the following days, we returned to Manila or in my home in Bulacan. God is always so good. These group of my relatives are all born again Christian. They molded me before and until now I won't forget the teaching. This place is one of the place where I became a real woman from a teenager coming from the mountain province of Bohol.
The Mejorada- Libadisos Clan from Bohol who migrate in Davao and became a big family. Mejorada is our grandfather and Libadisos is the wife our grandmother. They were the trunk , the roots and branches.
Thank you for reading!
Love,
@kayumanggi
