Oo nga, mahal ako nito!

question: since it’s the love month, what gestures/actions ng isang loved one (significant other, parent, sibling, friend, churchmate, officemate, etc..) ang magpaparealize sa inyo na, “oo nga, mahal ako nito!”?

when our bs leader suddenly knocked on my door at 3 pm bearing medicine and food when i was home alone, sick and miserable.

when a kcmate escaped from an office Christmas party to rush to the infirmary to check if I was still alive … and stayed the night to make sure I stayed that way

when I did something atrocious and my boss forgave me

waking me up, in more ways than one

when i cried (in public, rats!) and my ate gave me her hanky

when i sprained my foot and my college best friend lent her coke in can as a cold compress

when two nurse friends gently changed my bandages and laughed at my teary whining

when you (marami ito) became my IT help desk

when my tukayo became my hands and feet for a week

when my adopted sister gave me a toblerone

when you told me the truth, especially when it hurt

when an ate/adopted parents would let me invade their house, sleep in their bed and ransack their kitchen

whenever you rebuked me for my careless words

when my triad/kcmates gazed at the stars with me, hamog and cold and all

when my sister told me her dreams

when you trust me enough to share your troubles

when you showed your vulnerability, that i may be strong for you

when the choirs sings to and with me

when my papa parked in front of my dorm everyday for nine years

when you (pcci humans) challenged me to go out of my comfort zone and face my fears

when you hugged me, in person and over the phone

when you went dress shopping/makeover with me

when my anak patiently tried to teach me how to play the guitar

when you (marami ito) shared your career advice and career boo-boos

when my classmate walked around UP with me in skirts, in the rain

when you lent me money, then when i found out later that you also were short of funds

when you challenged me to leap out of my comfort zone

whenever you tell me NOT to get a haircut

when you told me your love story

when you prayed for and with me

when you sent me pasaload

when you ate my cooking, and uttered not a word of complaint

when a gift made me coffee, and managed to make instant coffee taste nice

when you gave me a massage

when you lent me your books/dress/shoes/gadgets

when an ida let me disturb her medical studies with my latest kwentuhan session

when my brother let me babysit their daughter for a day

whenever my angel (youngest brother) makes direct eye contact with me. for someone with autism, that is rare indeed.