Heavenly Questions

My wife's Dad passed away when she was only 13 years old. My son only know his Grandpa Tirso as the person we visit in Libingan ng mga Bayani every All Saint's Day.

His question before was "Why walang Grandpa sina Ate Mika ako meron?" We told him that his cousin Ate Mika's Grandpa is Grandpa Tirso whom we visit in the cemetery with the many white crosses and candles. We further explained that Grandpa Tirso is also his Grandpa. When Migo asked where his Grandpa Tirso is, we told him Grandpa Tirso is in heaven.

The "in heaven" explanation was sufficient until early this year: "Why nasa heaven na siya? Patay na siya?" Of course, we confirmed the said fact. What we had a hard time answering was his follow-up question: "Bakit si Granny buhay pa?"

Bring Me

A couple of week's ago, my son Migo attended the birthday party of our neighbor's granddaughter, Mikey. Since my mom was close to Mikey's lola, we asked her to accompany Migo.

When Migo came home from the party, he told his Mom: "Mommy sana ikaw sama ko sa birthday party ni Mikey. Sabi sa party bring me your fat mommy, eh wala ka kaya wala ako na bring na fat mommy. Sana nanalo ako kung na bring kita."

Assistant Supervisor

My Dad is having our house re-painted. To paint the walls, the painter and our female helpers had to move cabinets and appliances near the walls. My Dad, having had a heart attack and brain surgery 5 years ago can't help in moving things so he just gives instructions to our 3 helpers.

Seeing my Dad give instructions, my 5-year old son mimics his Grandpa and points at the appliances and cabinets and says, "Ito, urong niyo. Wag tawa ng tawa. Di niyo ma-move tuloy. Ito pa, bilis."

Looks like my Dad has an assistant supervisor.

Sam Miguel to Nestle

Whenever my son sees the San Miguel logo / escudo (the coat of arms), he shouts Sam Miguel! He is also trained that we should buy San Miguel products. He even takes canned beer and puts it on our grocery cart when he sees the escudo in the product. He also proudly points out all the products he sees with San Miguel logo.

A few weeks back, we argued about buying Chocolait vs. Nestle Chuckie. My son is constantly swayed by the innovations of Chuckie with its "burst" variant and the "expandable straw" which the product heavily advertised. Migo insists that Chocolait is not San Miguel because "wala namang Sam Miguel sa Chocolait eh." I checked the product and he was right, there was no San Miguel logo in the packaging.

I told him we cannot buy Chuckie because San Miguel sells Chocolait. He asked, when can we buy Chuckie? I told him if Daddy gets to transfer to Nestle then we can buy Chuckie. I also added that if he really wants Chuckie, he has to pray that Daddy gets to transfer to Nestle. A day after I told him that, he proudly announced when I got home that "Daddy, ni-pray ko na na malipat ka ng Nestle. Para maka-buy na tayo ng Chuckie."

Let's see if my son's prayer is answered...