my lola's clutch

when i was in 3rd year high school, my lola gave me a gold clutch with $1 inside. she said it was her graduation gift to me in case she is no longer alive the following year. lola made it to my graduation in high school and in college :) it's funny how she thought she will not make it the following year and yet she is still here 10 years after.

i have used the clutch to many debuts then weddings and then baptisms. so many milestones and lola is still here. she is 99 now and just had a stroke. i can't talk with her anymore and we are just waiting for her time to go. we all believe that 99 years here is really a big bonus for lola already and she can rest whenever she wants to. we are all fine after all and i am so glad that when she was still able to say it, she already left me a legacy.

it was not an expensive or lavish pamana but it does mean the world to me that a part of her will always be with me. my lola may go but her she will always be with me, just like the clutch she gave me 10 years ago.