The Art of (Not) Letting Go
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Gnawing Loneliness
Age has somehow altered my principles.

When I was younger, I was an advocate of growing children well and letting them go at a ripe time.

I molded my children around education for work abroad: Sunshine is a PT based in New York; Armando, Jr. is an IT; Jasmine Bliss is into her third year in nursing.

At my age, I feel the pangs of loneliness in the thought Juliet and I could lose Sunshine, Armando, Jr. and Jasmine Bliss to overseas employment.

I miss Sunshine so deeply. I feel a loss that rends heart and emotion. What more if Jasmine Bliss and Armando, Jr. leave us?

Sorry, Jasmine Bliss, I might ask you to take up duties at the Makati Medical Center or the San Juan de Dios Hospital -- wherever in Metro Manila. Never mind New York. I wouldn't want to spend my few remaining Christmases without all my children.