(I wanted to cry, but I kept on walking just to get home. Wala na akong pakiramdam – parang dere-deretso na lang akong naglakad.” “’Pag tingin ko sa kalsada, madaming mga patay na. “Gusto ko umiyak, pero lakad nang lakad lang ako makauwi lang ako,” said Cindy. She heard news that one of her neighbors found dead was with a child. Days had passed since Yolanda hit land, and dead bodies were banal sightings. Because of the storm’s damage, all travels were done by foot. She kept transferring places – from her mother’s house in Sagkahan before the storm hit, to her mother-in-law’s place in Diit. Ten years ago, Cindy wasn’t sure where she would give birth. “Palatandaan ko ‘yan buntis pa ako.” (That was my reminder of the time I was pregnant.) Cindy Rose Vergara Lequin’s memory of the past decade is kept intact by the nickname of her third child.
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