Vea
During the three-day wake of my mother, our family members from other places visited. A lot of familiar faces with unknown names were with us to remember my late mother. I was not at home all the time because of the work I needed to do at the office and other places. I didn’t get the chance to meet all of our family members– which is kind of sad too. I only get to meet the ones who stayed for more than one day, but the others, no.
I almost didn’t feel like my mother was gone either, because I was working from morning until nighttime. I will go to the office very early in the morning and then go home very late at night. On the first day of the wake, I only got home after midnight. Only my father was there, and some of my mother's friends.
“Are you Ela’s child? You look very much li
