Life’s Lessons

Since Carol and her family left for Trento last Friday, the atmosphere has never been the same. Silence is so deafening. During daytime I was left here with my youngest sister but we are busy with our own world. Only the TV makes the house alive for if I turn it off, you cannot hear anything but the noise coming from the neighbors. It’s been 2 months that Ella was here and she made the house so alive by her giggles, her rants, her “adult wisdom”, etc. Every night, she would wait for my PILs and Tito Ace to come home and happily call out ”Lolo, Lola, Tito Ace” as each of them come in. It’s really different having a kid in the house. Toys may be everywhere and other things may be missing because she played with them, but the happiness it brings to have such a smart and adorable kid in the house is priceless. Now, I miss Ella calling me “Tita” everytime she wants to tell me or asks something. Even Ace missed Ella a lot that he said they (Carol & Donald) should have left Ella here.