Since it’s All Souls’ Day, have you ever wondered what you would want to be written on your epitaph? Pardon the morbid question, but we all have to go eventually. So we might as well make our “final word” worth remembering.
I always kid my friends and tell them that when I die, I want to be cremated and my ashes must be placed inside a vodka bottle so I will still be partying with them even when I’m gone. As for my tombstone, I’d like it to read: “A woman who lived with no regrets and loved with no reservations.”
As we pause in prayer for our dearly departed, let us make sure that we are truly living it up, so our death will be a celebration of a life well-lived, of being well-loved.
OGIE ALCASID: “Death is a continuation of life. As we complete our journey towards meeting our Creator, our soul rejoices.”
MARTIN NIEVERA: “This is the last time you’ll step on me” or “Hey I can see your house from here” or “Forever begins today.”
DENNIS TRILLO: “Hate is a baggage. Life is too short to be pissed off all the time.”
AMY PEREZ: “Believer in God, loving daughter, proud mom to Adi and Kyle, dedicated partner to Carlo.”
LORNA TOLENTINO: “Since sa tabi ako ni Rudy, gusto ko pareho rin nakasulat sa tomb ko. Name at date of birth and death lang para till death terno pa rin kami ni Daboy.”
LUIS MANZANO: “Someone who tried his best to make life easier for others.”
RONNIE RICKETTS: “I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).”
JANICE DE BELEN: “‘A woman who enjoyed life.’ The simpler, the better.”
AIZA SEGUERRA: “Ako’y nagmahal at nabuhay nang malaya.”
MARK GIL: “Aqui yace un hombre muy divertido que trajo alegria a los corazones de la gente (Here lies a very funny man who brought joy to people’s hearts). Instead of RIP, I would like to put BRB (Be Right Back).”
MARICEL LAXA-PANGILINAN: “One who gave her family and those whose lives she touched a taste of heaven.”
DIREK BRILLANTE MENDOZA: “Truth well told.”
DIREK JOEY REYES: “My candle burns from both ends. It will not last the night. But oh my foes, ah my friends—it gives such a brilliant light.”
IC MENDOZA: “That’s all folks! See you soon!”
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