Last night, I was asked by Papa (lolo) to pick him up from his friend's house, Mang Epoy, the butcher. Apparently, they are still in the market and still selling meat. He dropped by at his place for some drinking session. Initially, I was hesitant to leave the house because that was the time where I just want to be with myself and not socialize with other people. However, I know I missed being with Papa, and I know that he misses it too, and so I obeyed.
Now that Papa is old, he has grown to be more sensitive, more weak, more persistent, and more lonely. He's kinda bored and would really want to be with people most of the time. Our house is almost empty when he gets home. Everybody would either be in their room doing something, studying, sleeping, watching or still at work. I can feel his loneliness. The kids have grown up plus Alj, his fave apo is now in Antipolo.
To fill in that kind of void inside him, he likes to drink with his beer buddies. I really don't like that past time, since it's really not healthy for him. With drinking, he could be with other people, talk to them, observe them, and just be with them. And so, if that would only be the way to somehow cheer him up, then I'll just contain my tongue from giving him some health teaching and just be with him as his apo (granddaughter).
