00:00 Leia, you are the eldest of three siblings, right?
00:05 Am I right, Leia?
00:07 Yes.
00:08 Leia, please tell me, how was your mother while you were still growing up?
00:16 How was she?
00:21 When she was still alive, she was fine with us as her siblings.
00:31 She was a bit strict, but she was very strict with us.
00:36 She wouldn't leave us alone.
00:39 She was supportive in our studies.
00:43 But how did you discover that she was cheating on your father?
00:51 When we had an occasion at home, because every Saturday and Sunday, my father wouldn't come home.
01:02 So usually, he would go out to drink with his colleagues.
01:09 But when that happened, he had visitors at home.
01:15 One night, I went up to our terrace to get a drink from the refrigerator.
01:23 Our refrigerator was upstairs and their room was also upstairs.
01:28 That's when I saw my father sleeping in the room.
01:36 My mother was with my father's visitor.
01:45 They were talking and they were about to kiss my mother.
01:47 But they suddenly kissed each other.
01:49 They didn't expect to see me.
01:52 I suddenly hid.
01:53 That's when they stopped.
01:55 They just went to their room.
01:59 How old were you, Leia?
02:05 I was in elementary school.
02:07 I was 12 years old.
02:14 So what happened next?
02:18 Did you see them after that?
02:22 Did your father discover it?
02:30 No.
02:33 Did you file a complaint?
02:36 No.
02:39 When I was already studying in a convent,
02:46 when I was waiting for my father to agree to my request,
02:55 I would go home every Friday.
03:00 One day, I was surprised that my father didn't agree to it.
03:04 Our driver agreed to it.
03:08 When I got home, my father was drinking.
03:13 That's when I found out that they had already separated.
03:19 Who was your mother?
03:21 When your mother passed away, who raised you?
03:27 Who was your mother?
03:32 Who took care of you?
03:34 My father and my stepmother.
03:40 You had a stepmother.
03:43 How was your stepmother?
03:46 Was she good to raise you?
03:49 My stepmother was against us.
03:59 It was painful for my stepmother to have a stepmother.
04:09 It was hard for us as siblings.
04:13 It was hard for you.
04:15 How long did it take for you to not see your stepmother?
04:20 It was about six years.
04:27 That's a long time.
04:29 You didn't see her for six years, even sometimes.
04:32 Your father sent her away from your house.
04:37 Yes.
04:40 When did you see your mother again?
04:43 How did you meet after six years?
04:48 She sent me to my grandfather's house.
04:57 That's where I lived.
05:00 She moved there.
05:03 I let her stay there for the meantime.
05:09 We got a room for her to stay.
05:19 We brought her food and money.
05:23 How long did she stay there?
05:27 In the room you got for her?
05:30 It was only for a few months.
05:34 She suddenly left.
05:39 She suddenly disappeared.
05:41 She left the keys in the car and she didn't come back.
05:50 I looked for her.
05:52 Where did you see her?
05:54 I asked around.
06:03 I wasn't sure where she was.
06:05 One day, I went to our house.
06:10 She was there.
06:12 My father told me that my mother was there.
06:16 He told me to send her away.
06:18 He said she couldn't stay here.
06:21 Where was she when you saw her?
06:27 She was outside the house.
06:29 Outside the house?
06:31 Outside the house means where?
06:35 On the street?
06:37 Was she on the street?
06:39 Yes.
06:40 She was waiting on the street?
06:44 She was just in front of the house.
06:47 Outside the house, outside the door, outside the entrance to your house?
06:53 She was there?
06:54 Yes.
06:56 What did you feel when you saw your mother?
07:00 Were you angry?
07:02 Did you feel sorry for her?
07:04 What did she look like when you saw her?
07:10 I felt sorry for her.
07:12 I didn't expect that my mother would be like that.
07:17 I didn't expect that our family would be like that.
07:24 We would be separated.
07:28 We couldn't be together.
07:30 At first, I was sick and angry.
07:33 But I couldn't help her to return home because my father's house was there.
07:44 I couldn't fight her because she was the one who left the house.
07:52 Yes.
07:54 I have a lot of questions but I don't know why such things happened.
08:02 Yes.
08:04 When your father found out that she was there,
08:07 did he not leave the house?
08:12 How long was she there?
08:14 Leia?
08:16 She was waiting all day until someone talked to one of our siblings.
08:25 When my father saw her, he just slapped her and left.
08:31 We talked about who could have made her leave.
08:35 Yes.
08:37 How long was she there?
08:40 How long did she stay in front of your house?
08:44 Was she sleeping in front of your house?
08:47 Yes.
08:49 She was there for a few days, Aunt Mel.
08:52 But when it came to the night, she was not there for the whole night.
08:57 She was there from the morning until the afternoon.
09:00 She was there every day.
09:02 How long was she there every day, Leia?
09:05 It lasted for two weeks or three weeks.
09:13 How did she eat?
09:15 Where did she use her scissors?
09:20 How did she eat?
09:23 Did she not starve?
09:25 Where did she get her food?
09:27 We were giving her food.
09:30 My siblings were giving her food.
09:32 Our neighbors were giving her food.
09:34 We were just going around the barangay.
09:37 Then, someone was just giving her clothes.
09:48 I was giving her a bath.
09:50 Oh, my.
09:52 What did you notice when Leia was getting older?
09:57 Her movements, her speech.
10:02 What were the things that you noticed that were not good about your mother?
10:10 When she was going to her house, she was just outside.
10:19 Maybe it was a long time ago when she was already at the sanctuary.
10:28 That's when she started to change.
10:31 We were not able to talk for a long time.
10:38 That's when she started to think.
10:42 When I talked to her, she would just cry.
10:46 But she understood what I was saying to her.
10:51 But she would just cry.
10:54 She couldn't express what she wanted to say.
10:58 She would just cry.
11:01 When I talked to her, I would ask her, "Mommy, are you okay?
11:05 Eat your food."
11:06 Her tears just fell.
11:09 But how did she get to the sanctuary?
11:16 This is a place for people who have problems with their thoughts.
11:22 Is that right?
11:24 Yes.
11:25 How did she get there, Leia?
11:28 Who brought her there?
11:30 I'm not sure, but a neighbor told me that she was helped to bring her to the sanctuary.
11:47 It was just my wish.
11:49 So, you were not the one who brought her there?
11:53 No.
11:55 There was someone who was kind enough to help her to the place where she could be placed.
12:09 It was not a place that was spread out.
12:11 Yes.
12:12 What was the last thing you saw and talked about with your mother, Rose?
12:20 What did she say to you?
12:22 Before she got depressed, when I was still able to talk to her, I told her,
12:33 "Just stay here with me. Don't leave."
12:37 I told her that we should be able to live our lives better.
12:42 She said, "No, she can go home."
12:47 I told her to take care of herself because we love her so much.
12:54 I told her that.
12:56 Then, she suddenly started crying.
12:59 Yes.
13:00 Before she died, did you see each other, Leia?
13:06 Yes, I visit her every week.
13:15 Yes.
13:17 What did she die of? Can I know?
13:20 She had a heart attack.
13:23 Oh, a heart attack.
13:26 So, it means that she lived a miserable life when you were not able to talk to each other, right?
13:34 Yes.
13:35 She would not talk to us anymore. She would just cry and smile.
13:41 When we visit our siblings, we would bring her food on her birthday.
13:49 She was just happy.
13:52 But Leia, for example, she is watching us from heaven tonight.
13:58 What do you want to tell her on Mother's Day, Leia?
14:05 Mommy, I'm here. I'm still with you.
14:11 We are still whole even if Daddy is not with us.
14:15 My siblings are gone.
14:18 I hope you are still here so that your grandchildren and I can still be together.
14:26 Just take care of them.
14:29 Don't leave us.
14:31 We are still here, grandchildren, and we love you so much.
14:35 But Leia, what is the lesson that our viewers will learn from your story about you and your family?
14:49 What do you think is the good lesson that they will learn?
15:00 I hope they will have a good life, whether they can afford it or not.
15:11 I love their parents because they are the only ones for us as long as we live.
15:20 We love our children. If we have a problem, we will talk about it so that everyone can have a good life.
15:34 That's all.
15:40 I have three children.
15:49 You have three children.
15:50 Yes.
15:51 We are thankful to you and we hope that you will have a good life with your family.
16:03 And that everything that happened in your life is not like what happened to your family now.
16:12 God bless you and your family. Thank you very much, Leia.
16:16 Thank you very much.
16:18 Thank you very much, Tita Mel. Take care. Thank you.
16:24 - Thank you so much.
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