Photos shared by Ella Calaor Oplas with daughter Elle Marie. This was taken at Ninang Telly's Condo last July 2010. According to Ella, " I knew she had Cancer but I thought she she was getting well already. She was so selfless that amidst her condition, she was more worried about my hypertension while pregnant! She did not tell me that she was having operation in September and kept on sending me encouraging messages during my whole pregnancy and delivery. I only learned about her operation first week of October. That is why the moment I went out of the hospital, I proceeded to Makati Med to visit her. She was surprised! I even brought my then one week old baby to see her."
Dearest Ninang Telly
It has been more than one week but the memory of our last night together kept on coming back to me. You kept on saying “thank you” to me the moment you saw me. And when you noticed that I was trembling because of the sound of the monitor every time your oxygen level reaches the threshold you comforted me saying “Ella remember what the doctor said? Believe the patient not the numbers. You can still talk to me right?”. Imagine you were having difficulty breathing but still you were thinking about me. How selfless and how loving you are…
I said it before and I will always remind you that there is no need for you to say “thank you” to me. The little things that I did for you were incomparable to what you have done to me my family and friends. Right from the very start you have been my inspiration and source of confidence in La Salle. I will never forget how you accepted me without a blink as masteral thesis adviser after my original thesis adviser dumped me with only a last minute notice. And for the record I don’t think there will ever be a masteral student in La Salle who can proudly say that their thesis adviser was present during their thesis proposal defense! Only I can say that my thesis adviser was there for me.
You were more than a colleague to me; an undergraduate macroeconomic teacher; a masteral thesis adviser; a boss for your researches and dissertation; a grandmother to my daughters; and a wedding ninang. You were a very good friend who was there for me to celebrate with me , to fall in love with me and to help me stand up after every failure.
Ninang Telly, I said it before and I will always remind you that “Mahal na mahal ko po kayo”. And if there were five people I would want to meet in heaven kayo po yong isang yon. With your positive outlook in life bubbly character and contagious laughter I know that the angels in heaven are now rejoicing with you there.
Love
Ella
Ma. Ella Oplas
friend
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