I know that’s a song. But Laura is also the name of my Mama. It feels weird that I am going to write my thoughts about her considering that we don’t get along so much.

First things first, Mama’s family is from Malabon. She is the 6th child of Lola Menring and Lolo Pepe. They were a middle class family according to their eldest, Ninang Non. She went to a public school for her elementary and then to Our Lady of Grace Academy, a private all girl academy for high school. There was a time in high school that she excelled in English subject. She probably had a gift for the English language and she never fails to use it in correcting me whenever a fumble with it. In high school, she told me that there weren’t much luxury for it was the austerity period that time. They had to go to school, do their home works, study for exams and pass their subjects. Not much leisure, parties unlike my time.

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