Lolo Warrior

Never feel sorry that you are your own yaya

Unlike other Filipinos in their old age, Lolo is not resting at home, taken care of by family. Instead, he still works tirelessly, daily – mending shoes while he wears a simple pair of slippers.

I observed him carefully, as he blended into the sidewalk while hundreds passed him by along a street in Iloilo City. He was not a 'headturner' but there was just something that radiated from him as he did what he usually did – he was a warrior.

Marjorie G. de la Cruz
Central Philippine University, BS Accountancy, 3rd year
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