Dear Mom,
I continue to feel your presence, my beautiful mother. I thought about you, Peter, and Dad and missed you very much. Please continue to watch over me and everyone else. I appreciate it. 

Forever your loving daughter, Maria

Thinking of you on All Souls Day. I hope Peter has found you and you are together. Merciful Father, hear our prayer and console us. As we renew our faith in Your Son, whom You raised from the dead, strengthen our hope that my departed family members will share in His resurrection, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Dearest Mother,
Wishing you love, hope, joy, and peace on Christmas.  Feeling your presence today fills my heart with the loving memories of when we celebrated the holiday together. It was so beautiful each year. Merriest Christmas to my angel in heaven. I love you.

Happy Birthday in Heaven Tita Nena!

It's the time of year that the memories of you are the most vivid - June. It is your birth month, your favorite flowers are in bloom (roses), and NYC is celebrating the beginning of Summer. It was a happy time! Happy Birthday to you in heaven, Mom.

Happy birthday, Mom - I miss you and wish we could be together celebrating.
Love always,
Peter

Happy Birthday to you in heaven. We would be celebrating the day together, as we did every year. Thinking of you and missing you always. Love, Maria

Yesterday was Valentine's Day. I thought about how my mother always got huge, beautiful flower bouquets from Peter. I would give her roses, her favorite flower. I think about mom everyday, but today, I sent love to heaven for her. She remains forever in my heart. 

I was one of the Ladioray to see you before you took a rest... Celebrate your birthday with my dad there in heaven... Happy Birthday! 

Happy Birthday, Mom. We would celebrate your birthday every year. Your favorite flowers were roses and June was always a sign of summer. Life hasn't been the same without you.  I miss you and I love you so much. 

Tita Nena is the sister of my mother. Though I hardly know her, I can only remember the fond and lovely memories I had with her when I met her so many decades ago. That was when she, together with her husband and chiildren Peter and Maria came here to the Philippines for a short visit. Peter and Maria was very young then and I was still in college. I'm sure Peter and Maria would not even remember. I drove them around. I was hoping I could see her again but maybe that was our destiny. I will only cherish the good words about tita Nena from my mother Paz what I learned about her. Thank you tita for the memories and for being one of your nephews as you are now at peace with the Lord in His loving embrace.

I had a nice time visiting my mother's resting place yesterday. It was one year since her passing. When I went to say my prayers in front of her, I noticed that someone had placed [orange] roses near her niche. It was welcoming. I remembered that my mother always had a very devoted group of friends. After sharing a prayer, I left and came back with more, fresher roses [lilac colored]. Roses were her favorite. She strongly remains in my life and thoughts but it has been a long year for me without her. It was nice seeing you again, mom.

It's been one year since my mother's passing and life, of course, marches on.  It was a very cold day in New York City on February 15th of last year. The temperature was in the teens and the wind was cutting through my coat as I walked up to rehabilitation center to collect my mother's things. I'm in Yokohama today where it's 50 degrees and raining. That's a distance of 6800 miles and 365 days, which makes it seem like a long time ago and far, far away. What's closer, though, and ever present in my mind is the image of my mother's smile when I would walk into a room. The position of her head and look in her eye when she would tell me something serious....or something funny. Memories are never too far away. They are always right by my side. I miss you, mom.

Last Tuesday was my mother's birthday. It's the first time I couldn't celebrate it with her.  I had started to think about what I was going to get her for it.  I have been thinking about her all month. I went to the NY Botanical Gardens to see the Rose Garden. The rose garden had over 700 varieties of roses. I thought of her all the way home. Roses were her favorite flowers. She would spend hours a day in her garden at home cultivating her roses.

To the Gundy Family and friends of Ate Nena ,
My deepest condolence to the whole family . Ate Nena as she is fondly called had left us memories to cherish . She is always joyful to accept visitors and generous in her giving to the church . God bless you and may Ate Nena rest in peace ! From the Starr's in Florida formerly in NY , Thanks for the memories ! From Elena Mateo Starr

Rest In Peace Aunt Nena. You are loved and will be very missed. ❤️

One of the nicest Ladioray that I have met,
Never thought that was the last time I’ll see you... I was even telling my Dad that she looks stronger him before he passed away... You and Dad may have a wonderful trip to Heaven... I’ll see you guys on the next episode...

Rest in peace, Tita Nen. I will miss you. Until we meet again. I love you

Keeping your family in our thoughts. May Guillermina rest in peace.

Being with Nena was always a Happy Celebration and there was never a dull moment. The moments we spent together were memories I will fondly cherish and remember forever. She would always ask me to see her and share the photos I took during my travel. Her encyclopedic knowledge of the places in photos was truly amazing! She was a delight to be with. She loved to be with friends and as she said: "friends are precious gifts." I will forever be thankful for her gift of friendship and for sharing with me her strong faith.