Mama Mary, my guest from Simala

Time was when I used to have early breakfasts in some fastfood shops uptown. And once, while breakfasting in Jollibee-Mango, I heard a high society matron say: “You know, I like it here because their hot chocolate is hot.”

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That made me wonder if in other fastfood joints their hot chocolate is not hot. Hehe.

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Let me share with you this little item about bright people. Some of them, European scientists, have found a way to prolong drunkenness.

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This article here says: “Most accidents happen in the home.” What can you say about people who do not have homes?

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Children of Muslim or Moro rebels are being taught how to write in Roman alphabets. No, they are not taught how to write ransom letters. That can come later.

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Did you know that there’s a Department of Aging in a state in the US? It looks after the needs of the elderly which we in Pinas call senior citizens. Some of the elderly want the name of the Department changed. Why? Because its acronym is DOA.

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I have long been hoping to be able to go to Simala to visit the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin at the Monastery of the Marian Monks of the Eucharistic Adoration. It was all hoping and hoping against hope until I could no longer make the visit because of a spinal injury that impaired my ability to walk.

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One day recently, it was Mama Mary who paid me a visit ... Quir L. de Gracia, a Banat News correspondent in Naga City since the birthday of the tabloid, brought me a six-inch tall replica of the Blessed Virgin’s image enshrined in the Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Simala.

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 “Dili ka maikog ana?” a sister of mine said to me. “Wa mo man matuman ang saad mong bisitahan siya sa Simala, karon siya na lang ang nibisita nimo.” Mama Mary didn’t juts pay me a visit, She stayed with me for good.

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Thanks to my friend Quir and the Marian Monks who brought Mama Mary to my humble home.

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