I Thought I Could Not Write About Her

Around the blogosphere, in almost every blog I have been, there’s a Cory Aquino entry. I must admit that I also have some in my Gossip Mom Blog. It’s an entertainment and news blog.. but aside from posting the news, I try not to give a personal touch to my Cory Aquino entries.. I thought I have nothing to say about her. I never knew her in a personal level. I was still young during the EDSA Revolution. My history orientation about her is very different from yours.. and then it hit me.. not the crowds that gather during the procession from La Salle to Manila Cathedral, but it was the Eulogy a while ago. It was how her close friends remembered here.. and so I must quote what Conrado de Quroz said:

“In life and in death, Cory has been—pardon my French—one damn good person” (from SNN)

It summarize it all as Conrado de Quiroz has been her greatest critic. She is indeed a GOOD person and is a great loss to her family and friends.

Come to think of it, on a personal level, I can name at least three things that is GOOD about her. First, when she stepped in as President after the EDSA Rev, she full fill her promise of freeing all the political prisoners. Second, she is the only President we have who is not power hungry. When it was time for her to step down, she did it with grace. Third, she is the most honest President we have, no corruption and she lived her life with in the simplest form, no luxury at all. It only shows she did not steal any from our taxes.

Oh lastly (I can come up with four?) she gave birth to Kris.. and if not for that, life would be less entertaining and light.