In another life, you live to be 100.
We still meet at your house every other Sunday.
In another life, the pandemic never happened.
All of the family stayed in the Bay Area.
In another life, we’re watching animals with you on TV.
Your laugh and utter entertainment is still so vivid in my head.
In another life, you live to see me get married.
I look for you in the crowd, grateful you’re there to witness it all.
In another life, my kids are excited to go to “Tatay’s House.”
I watch them play with their great-grandfather who is over 100 years old.
In another life, you don’t need your walker or cane.
You’re walking around freely and being independent – just how you wanted.
In another life, we’re all together and celebrating your 100th birthday today.
But this is not another life, and instead, I put flowers on your grave.
Today, we celebrate what would have been 100.
Oh, how sweet it would’ve been to celebrate a century of Jacinto Cabillo on Earth!
But right now, I’m confident you’re somewhere in your new life.
You’re celebrating with the ones you couldn’t have celebrated with here.
Oh, how sweet that must be for them to celebrate 2 birthdays and counting with you now!
We were lucky enough to have you as long as we did in this life.
Happy 100th birthday to the man that we’ll see in the next life.
We love you, Tatay.
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