A day after Rowena "Weng" Caranza left for Manila, Kenneth misses her presence in the house. He kept on asking why Weng has to go to Manila and why she can't stay longer here in Zamboanga.
"I miss Tita Weng, is she going away too long, when is she coming back?" was Kenneth's persistent question.
I told him that Weng is residing in Manila and that she has 3 children and a husband to attend to. Kenneth asked me if Weng's husband and 3 children are still small like him, and I said no, "they are all grown ups."
"But Mama, why does she has to attend to them when they are all grown ups, what about me? I am still a small boy?"
Sigh... I explained to him that Weng has a family and she belongs to her family. I further said that if she will leave them behind, she might end up alone.
I turned around the situation to make him understand more. "What if Mama visits the house of Tita Weng and then Tita's children will insist that I will stay there longer, do you think your Lola and you will be happy with
out me?"With that he said, "okay na Mama, basta sabihin ko na lang na miss ko parati si Tita Weng."
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