Kaye's Notes

𝑰 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, "𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆".  One death after another since 2021. Healing has been slow, nonlinear and overwhelming. One day, I took my Dad's leather belt to a repair shop.  I was asked why not buy a new one and I said, "Gusto ko nga naa ni sa mint condition para handumanan sa akong Dad" (I wanted to have it in mint condition as a keepsake for my Dad).  To which the salesperson said, "Hangtod kanus-a ka magluksa sa imong amahan?" (How long will you mourn your father?) I didn't engage further in that conversation, but to be really honest, I felt hurt by that question.  Later that day, I wondered if that was true.   While pondering about that question, I began to feel bad that I'm still grieving.  Somehow, I felt it's wrong of me to still grieve when it's already been 2 years.  Yet, is it really wrong?  To be fair, I have had multiple deaths in my circle that if I were to post every single passing of a family, friend and pe