Manila, 14 October—My mother and her siblings were born and raised around the Visayas, jumping from island to island between my grandfather's hometown of Bohol, my grandmother's hometown of Leyte, and the main urban hub of Cebu, where my mother finished college. I fondly remember spending some summers in these three provinces, visiting relatives and cousins, and attending both my maternal grandparents' wakes when I was younger. I thought the province was a quiet place, and very far from school.
my mother's tongue
my mother's tongue
my mother's tongue
Manila, 14 October—My mother and her siblings were born and raised around the Visayas, jumping from island to island between my grandfather's hometown of Bohol, my grandmother's hometown of Leyte, and the main urban hub of Cebu, where my mother finished college. I fondly remember spending some summers in these three provinces, visiting relatives and cousins, and attending both my maternal grandparents' wakes when I was younger. I thought the province was a quiet place, and very far from school.