Drawings With Meanings Novels & Stories

Wala nang alinlangan. “Mommy Calista, Daddy Levi! Look, I drew us!” sigaw ni Princess habang hawak-hawak ang papel. Lumapit kami at sabay-sabay naming tiningnan ang drawing niya: tatlong tao na may hawak-hawak na kamay, may malaking araw sa likod, at may mga bulaklak sa paligid. “Look!” turo niya. “I wrote our names. Mommy. Daddy. Princess!”

Nang buksan ko puro papel na may drawing. Tiningnan ko isa isa. Puro family drawing na iba iba ang background. Merong nasa bahay lang, merong nasa park at mall. Tapos may initial na C.M. Pero parang nakita ko na to. Hindi ko alam kung saan pero parang... Nang maisip ko, bigla akong bumaba para puntahan ang kotse at binuksan ko agad ang likod. Nandoon kasi ang mga drawing ni Charles at Charlotte. Nang tingnan ko kaparehong kapareho!

“Opo.” “Just what I said earlier, Tutor Astrid, I made this butterfly because I did follow my heart.” Hinawakan niya ang paruparong ginuhit at kinulayan niya. “Look at the butterfly as if it is real. I can compare this butterfly to my mommy. She is not real in my imagination, but she is in my heart. Did you know, Tutor Astrid, that I always draw and color the image of mommy in my mind even when I’m not sure of her face because I haven’t seen her yet? That's why I used a lot of colors to make her alive. There are many colors because they symbolize mom's existence through my imagination. Even she's not here, at least I can feel her... here.” She pointed to her heart. Tumingin siya sa akin. “An