Dear Lolo Gabing,

02May08

Yesterday I was given an award because I exemplified the values of my work.  I felt truly honored and shocked.  It was a nice way to end my tenure in graduate school.

I wish you could be here to see what I’ve accomplished.  I know I wasn’t the lawyer you wanted, no one fulfilled that goal.  Or the doctor you saw in your grandchildren, that was Bryan’s role.  But I…I did do something Lolo and I really wish you were here to see me walk across that stage in two weeks.

I did this degree for me, but I can’t help but look back on the people who got me to this point in life.  I know you were a hard man to get to know.  But I feel like you showed me your love through those summer and winter days at Marson, as you showed me how to tend to your garden or laughed with me as I saw you turn your hearing aid off as Lola began to scold you.

There are other things I want to tell you.  But I can’t say them now.  Maybe someday soon.

L

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