My Lolo Ciano....
My dear dear and loved Lolo Casiano Salise Salvo. Father of my mother Liza S. Lucino, father of Engr Alex Salvo, Engr Casiano Salvo Jr, father of Mr. Romeo Tan, father of Celeste S. Cagubcub and loving husband of my beloved Lola--Mrs. Fortunata Tan Salvo.
I have soooo many good memories of my Lolo, and I thank God everyday for the good times that I had with him as a child and as an adult. I remember when I was a child, i was waiting for him to come back from work (he was a truck driver--Salvo Lines), i think i was about 4 years old pa to...and he came back. Ning yell ko niya "Lolo Ciano!" pero wa siya ka dungog nako--kai loud baja ang makina sa truck niya. Na suko ko kai i thought he was ignoring me---and when lolo came to me--i tried ignoring him. Ingoon siya "Ondoy Bran, unsa man doy?". Mo hilak ba ja ko ..when i remember that...kai even to this day, mo remember si Lolo adto. When he came to the US in 2003 till 2005---i remember when I first saw him again and had a long conversation with him sa living room. Ingoon siya nako, "pasensya baja ko Doy--kadto sa una naka suko ka nako--sa bata pa ka. Kai naka ingoon ka gi ignored ka nako". I remember when he said that to me...my eyes balled out. I started crying so hard...and remember hugging my Lolo Ciano. Ning hilak kami together. Pinanga jud ko sa ahong lolo and i feel so very lucky and happy that my Lolo is so loving of me and his grandchildren tanan. My lolo Ciano is my favorite jud...kai his personality and his love is very much like my mommy's. Mo hilak ko time and again...knowing that he is 81 y/o and that naa siya didto sa Bohol. Gusto man ko if he was to stay with us..pero gi mingaw man siya sa bohol gud...
Mo hilak ko uy...kai di ko gusto mamatay ahong Lolo. I pray everyday to ask the good and kind Lord to give him a strong heart, strong faith, a strong spirit and a good body so that he will continue to live. Di ko gusto mo parted away from my only Lolo left. He is my one and only grandfather that i met in life. He raised me when i was still a child while my mom was in America as a nurse and my dad was in Saudi as an engineer. All i knew and remember was the face of my Lolo Ciano, my Lola Nating and Mama Luz. The good Lord has already taken my Lola Nating and Mama Luz back home....and all I have left is my Lolo....
I really cannot wait to go back to Bohol this summer. I want to see him again...my heart longs to be with my Lolo Ciano again, to speak and laugh with him and just to be around his presence.
My lolo in the center of the family....he is the rock of our family.
With his two son-in-laws (my dad in the right)
Lolo Ciano ..hahaha..i love you 'LO!!!
Back in Bohol...
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