Florencio A. Balagso Sr.

I admire lolo for being a father and being able to raise his 11 kids and was able to put them thru school and raising them to be God-fearing and family oriented individuals. This is his contribution not only to our family, but more than that, to our society.

I may not have the opportunity to live with you in the same house the way Inggo, Sinang, and Mary Jane did but I have lots of memories of you to keep... I admire your kindness, of being good not only to your family but also to others. I admire your silence... for silence does speak a thousand words... and I wish I could have inherited how silent individual you are. But most of all, I admire you for being so loving to all of us... to your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

I am sorry for not being able to tell you how I admire and how I love you... but I know that in this simple way on how I express how I feel ...I know that you now see thru my heart how much you mean to me.

We will definitely miss you lolo...May you rest in peace.

'til we see each other again.. send my hugs to my sister Tootsie.