From you the wings of the song birds rose
President Aquino's passing has really gotten to me because her life story is just incredible. Despite her grief she had the strength to stand up for the people, and win back our freedom through people power. I was born in the time of dictatorship, and I would not even know what freedom is like if not for her, and the people who helped her.
We owe our democracy to her, we owe our right to express ourselves without fear to this housewife who took a stand after her husband's assassination, and I owe her my renewed pride in being a Filipino. The nation mourns for a mother, our mother, and it's only fitting that the sky is crying.
Thank you, Tita Cory. My niece will grow up fearless and free, just as I have, and just as my future children will be. You're with your beloved Ninoy now after 26 years, and what a wonderful thing that is. ♥