Focus on what keeps you moving forward, this is what I had thought to myself. I wanted a ray of light come through our darkest of days. We have been through a lot, something we never would have expected to happen, not in a million years.

Remembering, even for a moment, hurts deeply. And so I hold on to what my Jesse wisely put, we honor the ones we lost by living, not in sadness, not in pain. I miss you so much my baby Jet. Your dad and I, we miss you everyday. We love you everyday!



Before all this, I always believed that everything that happens in our life, whatever comes along and whatever comes into play is meant to be, everything in its place. But with what we’ve experienced, with so much pain and grief, I don’t know what to think of it. Suddenly, I’m not so sure anymore.

These days, I keep finding myself wondering how I go on, I feel lost in time, scared and confused. Between my Jesse and I, I’d say I’m the more emotional one. And so I find this chapter of our life really difficult.

Each waking hour I try so hard to keep myself busy. It’s a start, a way to go on in the days to come. Some days are better than others, but there is this void in my heart and it will always be there I’m afraid. We’ll both wear this scar for as long as we live.

On days when the sun shines in my soul I look up in the skies, turn to God. But every now and then, I can’t help but wonder and ask God, why? And on nights when sleep avoids me, I find myself with a book in hand. One that particularly caught my eye was the book “Ang Buhay na Hindi Bitin” by Ardy Roberto.

It was an interesting read and the book found its way to my hands in quite the opportune moment. It reminded me how God works in a manner so unconventional, so precise, so enigmatic, and so divine.

I don’t know why such a terrible thing happened to our young family. I don’t think the answer will simply fall on my lap no matter how many times I ask the question. Someday we will understand, but in the meantime, the message I received through this book was clear.

Believe and trust in whatever plans God has. We may not understand them now, but it will eventually manifest itself in an unexpected and grand way. No matter how painful things are now, maybe, just maybe, we are where we’re supposed to be, everything in its place.