Goodbye and goodnight my wife

Ma. Lourdes Lacson Basares
June 1, 1966
May 25, 2013

I wipe my tears with the thought that the pain will no longer bother you. I kissed your forehead with the thought that hopelessness of your case has ended. I embraced your body with the thought that you left in ease having left me with four wonderful kids. I will miss you mama. I will miss your warm smile. I will miss your voice. And I will miss your presence. God has taken you away from us because He knows it is time for you to rest. He gave you deliverance from the pain and loneliness of staying in bed the past five months. I and our children are consoled that somehow your death painful as it is to us is also a form of your liberation. I know you will still be there. You have been a good mother to my children that is why I know they love you much. You love them so dearly that you will be there for them. By Saturday would have been your 47th bday. As I told you we will celebrate in our own little way. We still will, me and the kids will mark your birthday as we always do. Goodbye and good night my dear wife.