Lolo Eduardo

He was a frequent visitor in our household. No dumateng nga naggapo Burgos ni Apong ket nagado nga papeles iti awit na. He was your traveling executive (via Pantranco). He edited and annotated his papers in his own hand.

Adda sweater na pinirmi nga isuot ta nabi-it nga lam-minnen ni lolo. Agangsab pay no agkaro iti asthma na. He could never wear shoes so he wore his socks with leather slippers. My playmates in Proj.7 will run after him and remind him that he forgot his shoes when they see him down the street.
He called his children with their full names - no nicknames. I used to think how formal & less display of emotion could that be. Manuela was never Manue, Rosario was never Rose nor Consuelo was never Consing. In my household if the full name is uttered then the owner of that name is in trouble. But I learned - that is Lolo's terms of endearment to his children. Won't it sound better if Renato was Rene or Concesa was Connie? There was the silent music to their ears for these children knew otherwise.