Chapter Sixty One

One thing about their family: marami sila. Like… a lot. Sabi pa ng isang Auntie niya, hindi sila maramot sa pamangkin at apo. They were blessed with a lot of family members, kaya sobrang dami niya’ng pinsan; and that means, sobrang dami niya ri’ng binibigyan ng regalo tuwing pasko at birthdays.

One tradition of the family every Christmas season: uuwi silang lahat, no exemptions, sa probinsya kung saan pinanganak at lumaki ang great grandlolo nila— the man who started it all for them. Hindi nga lang sabay-sabay minsan, but the most important thing, lahat sila present sa Pasko at Bagong Taon. But imagine all of them boarding a plane together, they might as well bought their own aircraft dahil occupied nila lahat ng seats sa dami nila. Kahit i-divide sila into two groups, marami pa rin sila. Silang magpipinsan palang, puno na agad ang half part ng eroplano.

The fact that half of them were already in the province and half of them still in the mansion, the first t