I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything but dying is really the only chance we’ll get to rest. – Florynce Kennedy

I won’t forget this day, February 24, 2010 because this very day, I lost one of my best friends – Jacelyn Rupa.

Jaz was, without doubt, a fighter. She succumbed to lupus complications after several years of battle but she never ceased to smile. I can still remember the giggles we shared the last time we were together, that was in June 2009. I feel so guilty because I felt that, as a friend, I didn’t exert much effort to help her in her ordeal.

I really thought she was already okay because that’s what she’s been telling us.

But now she’s gone.

Jaz, I know how hard your life was and I am happy that you can now finally rest. Wherever you are now, I know that you are extremely happy because in there, there’s no more pain and you no longer have to fight for your life, because you are home.

Go now Jaz. Rest in Peace.

Liza, Me, Yona and Jacelyn during Yona’s 1st Birthday (September 2006)

The last time we’re together (June 6, 2009)

Genevieve, Jacelyn, Mommy Raian, Me, Nathalie Grace