"She Loved You So Well"
Mood:  sad
Topic: On Living and Leaving
In my time as legal counsel of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, circa 1983-2004, I met the good half of every Shell legal staff (er, consider the other half good as well), except one. He was an enigma to me. But, from the sparse words his wife had for him, I knew he was a man his wife believed in deeply. With the wife's recent retirement, it was certain that both looked forward to spending more time together and recalling stories when their love was young. You see, there comes a point in life when time gets really, really precious.

My only statement about his wife remained unspoken to him: "She loved you so well."

I only knew him as "Saning" -- Chit del Rosario's one and only. Recently, he left Chit without a word, typically the taciturn "Saning," to fulfil an appointment with his Creator. Godspeed!