Single Awareness Day 2008

My grandma, Ina, is 94 years old (turning 95 on June 1). For her age, she’s in pretty good shape. In fact, she doesn’t even look her age. She looks like she’s either in her late 70s or in her early 80s. However, looks can indeed be deceiving. She can’t walk around too much anymore. Gravity is just too much for her to defy these days. So she either uses her cane (with a four-footed stand) or her wheelchair to help her.

Since her hospitalization last December, she’s been cooped up at my aunt’s place here in Manila. I visit her as much as I can and take her out at least once a week. Our second outing was last week, Thursday, February 14, 2008. Most people call that day Valentine’s Day. Some others jokingly call it Single Awareness Day. This year I choose to call it the latter.

I picked up my grandma along with her wheelchair and female helper at about 4:00 P.M. She was already eagerly waiting because I had texted my aunt earlier to inform them of my coming. That day we were to once again go to Trinoma, this time to watch the free Valentine’s concert of the Philippine Madrigal Singers and the Sonata String Ensemble. My friend, Gigi, tagged along as well, not wanting to miss such a concert, especially one that was free.

We were early and the Trinoma folks were about 30 minutes late in starting the concert. But, it was worth the wait! The concert was well worth watching. I liked every song they sang, my favorite being You Changed My Life in a Moment.

After the main event, we had dinner before driving Ina back to my aunt’s house. All of us had a good time, especially Ina. As I was about to leave my aunt’s house, she asked me where we’re going to go on our next "girls’ day out."

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