a text message from my nanay

I really love every time i receive text messages from my beloved nanay.

This sunday morning, as I prepare myself for the mass, my gmail notified me that I have received a text message in my chikka. And it was from my nanay. She is informing me that my high school classmates solicited for our class reunion.

After a few minutes, she texted me again, about the death of my godmother.

"Toto, nalimtan ko nga hambalon ikaw nga napatay si maninay mo menang. subong ko lang man nabal-an". (Toto, I forgot to inform you that your godmother, menang died. I just have learned it.")
"Ha?! Napatay sya? Ano ang kabangdanan?" (Ha?! She died? What happened?")
"Kumplaykidid ang iya sakit", her reply.

My nanay is trying to tell me, that it's complicated. My godmother has been suffering of her disease and been in and out of the hospital. My condolences to her family.

Whoa! My nanay doesn't fail to make me smile when she tries to text me in english. My beloved nanay, my spelling tutor and my coach in scrabble. I remember, when I was a kid, I could not win over her in scrabble but I won first place in a scrabble competition when i was in high school.

Anyhow, the text generation could not capture her spelling prowess or it could be she is not getting any younger. She is now 63 years old.