Cadbury fruits and nuts has
always been my favourite chocolate. But when Glenn gave me a box of chocolate for
the first time in 2014 -- take note, we were already four years married that time -- Ferrero became one of my comfort foods.
Few weeks before his cardiac arrest in
September 2016,
he showed me a three-piece pack of Ferrero
through skype. He told me, “Mommy, nakita ko sa grocery, naalala kita kaya
bumili ako. Pero dahil nanjan ka, kakainin ko na.” and he laughed and ate the
chocolates heartily while teasing me.
In November 2016, I also bought a three-piece pack of Ferrero from the vending machine thinking that it will somehow
lighten up my spirit. But I did not eat it. I just kept it in my bag waiting
for him to wake up.
In December 2016, our daughters sent Christmas gifts from the
Philippines and our youngest, she is two years old, gave me a five-piece pack of
Ferrero. She told her Tita that she wants to give chocolate to Mommy. Maybe,
that same chocolate reminds her of Mommy and Daddy, too.
Right now, I still have a three-piece pack of
Ferrero Rocher in my bag. Maybe tomorrow I will eat it or share it with two
other people whose heart will be lighter with a piece of chocolate.
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