Ate Nida was my mom’s youngest sister in the Philippines.  Growing up I always remembered her smiling and laughing. She was like a second mom to me.

She’s been battling diabetes and recently had laser eye surgery. Then one day she woke up and everything was dark. She got depressed and didn’t have any will to live. The beginning of the year she had a stroke and had been in the hospital since.

I got the call from my mom this morning that she passed away.

I will miss you but I know you’re in a more peaceful place free of pain and sorrow. I’ll see you again in my dreams. I love you.

I got my first eye surgery on the left eye. I got cataract and iris surgery on Wednesday.  The surgery took 2 hours and I was under local anesthesia.  I was in and out of consciousness. This picture is of my eye the next day after the patch was taken off. The doctors said it was a successful surgery.  They’re now able to confirm that I need retina surgery on both eyes. They also said within a week or two I should be able to see more than just shadows out of the left eye. Keeping fingers crossed and staying positive!

Just finished watching Meet the Robinson on TV and heard this beautiful song. Enjoy!

Blood pressure, heart rate, and other stats have finally normalized…good to go. Now to listen to more good tunes