The Eldest Sister

by Yas Jayson Thursday, February 17, 2011 7 palagay home sweet home the few things i hold on to

She turns another year today. Last year, I bought her a nice black rocky dress from Cambio. I do not know what to give her this time. With Yuri Eliazar barely two months old, she still manages to take care of my three other sisters. That is a feat I tell you.

And to this woman who is so compassionate and ever trusting, whose idea of family I would never understand, I would forever be thankful. Thankful for assuming the position of a parent when Mama went on, thankful for her confidence that someday, we will all shift sands. If there is ever a woman so resilient and so fierce at the same time, that would be my eldest sister.

When things went crazy in my big and uber extended family (that is when I scold my older cousins to take charge of everything they are so lazy about), I realized I do not need a big family. I just need a brother and a father that I have to love nonetheless, three younger sisters I fancy so much, a grandmother who is so dear to me, and an elder sister I would always be thankful for.

Ohana. Family.

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