at the wake

In relation to this post me and my co workers spent the whole night at the wake.   We chose Monday night because the next day was non-working holiday for Iligan City since it was Charter Day.  The service got over at around past 9 in the evening but an hour later, another service was done (musical).  Then from 11 pm until past 9 the next day i was wide awake.  I just thought of it like i was on a night duty but i also realized that there is a certain hour in the early morning that will really doze off.  But i don’t want to dozed off.  At around 4 am, i went around the chapel take a photo of all the wreaths there — just so i won’t fall asleep.

Ma’am Lalac and I started sitting righ at the back portion of the first row and i told her that maybe in the next hours we would find ourselves at the very front –and it did happen.  Around 4 am we were already at the front chatting with some of our hospital friends.

That night there were almost 50 flowers and all were beautiful flower wreaths.  Am sure if Kuya can see them all he would be very very happy. But even though Kuya cannot appreciate it anymore, it was the family that was overwhelmed with gratitude that in the midst of their sorrow, love and care of friends can be so much felt.  Let me show you some of them.  Wish i could post them all but it will eat so much space.  I haven’t discovered yet on how to do them with slides, so please just bear with me in this mosaic form:

They are all beautiful right?

That night and even the next day i still can’t find myself to see his face behind that coffin glass.  Though i have already seen him last Friday morning but the experience was overwhelming.  I kept thinking it can’t be kuya in there.  Anyhow, i just kept glancing at his smiling photo – framed and placed on top of his coffin and also the wreath from his beloved children wherein a photo of his is attached at the middle of the heart shaped flower wreaths.    Here’s what i mean:

Oppss all flowers are in a slide presentation here:

here are the flowers on one side:

and here’s another on the other side: