stories of tears and fears; of love and kindness amid the tragedy
imagine not being able to say goodbye to your love one as he leaves this world forever and travels into the mysterious beyond. imagine seeing your love one being taken away from your arms and swept away by the turbulent winds and waves, and drowning slowly in the deep water of filth. imagine watching helplessly as your love one shouts for help, begging you to save him, but there is no way you can do so without getting killed in the process, without sacrificing another love one who is clinging to you for his dear life. @@@@@@@@@ these are the stories that my younger sister, whose family survived the onslaught of super typhoon yolanda in tacloban, shared to me when we finally talked about the tragedy that befell the country early last month, exactly six weeks before christmas. she recalled crying herself uncontrollably when her friends, all from tacloban city and other parts of leyte and samar, spoke about their horrifying experiences during that fateful day of november ...