A DAY WITH OUR LOLA

The world rotates 365 and half days annually, equivalent to a year. As years pass everything ages so as we. As a human, we can prevent aging but we cant stop it. Aging and growing old is inevitable to us, as a human, animal and a living thing. The sad thing here is, not all people grow old happy, they may be sad because their family left them in a place where they’re not supposed to be. Their families may have heavy reasons why they were left there, nobody knows. Let me share to you my experience with the lolos and lolas at the home fore the aged, Gasa Sa Gugma.
Last February 2, 2007, our CWTS class went to GAsa Sa Gugma which is located at Mabolo, Cebu City. We arrived there at around 2:30 pm. When we went inside, a lola went near to us and entertained us. It seemed that she looked so happy that a group of students came in to visit them. Later, lolos and lolas were taken out from their rooms to mingle with us. Some of them can still answer questions clearly, some cant. However, we still mingled with them. Inside, there was this lola who shared to us her love life during the Japanese colonialism, that she has a Japanese boyfriend. There is also this lolo who also shared to us her experiences during the world war II. We didn’t bother to ask them about their families, they might be sad and just cry. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to eat with them because we were running out of time so we just bid goodbye to the lolos and lolas of Gasa sa Gugma.
Though we spent only about two hours with them, it feels good that I am one of who made them happy. It made me think that what if one day my daughters will place me there, at least I know how it feels to be inside there and I believe that in every action there ia an opposite reaction. I have done one good deed for them.