To be alone and die

" We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.

Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion

for the moment that we're not alone. "

-  Orson Welles  -

A few days ago a family of mine is passed away.

I called her Ipo.

She was one of my grandma siblings, who live alone in France.

I wasn't that close to her since she lived distant and only come by once from time to time. So i rarely meet her.

But one thing that make me ponder is how sad and tragic the way she's gone.

She was living alone, all by herself in a far away land.

Doesn't have any children, and her husband already passed long time before her.

Far from his family and any close relative.

She was found died, after my Kukong (my grandma and ipo's brother) tried to reach her by phone but getting no answer, tried again next day and still could not reach her.

And then we asked someone to come and check on her.

That is when we found her already passed away.

My uncle said that she was fall on her bathroom and possibly having a heart attack.

Her body was finally found after 3 days.

To imagine someone who is a close relative to me having this kind of tragedy,
is something so sad.

I hope nobody else would have to face this in her/his lives.

To have someone there in every part of your live is a bless that i hope everyone can share the same joy.
No one deserve to be alone and die in such circumstances, by any reason.

This video is a lyrical dance,
taken from Bunheads: Season 1, Episode 13 "I'll Be Your Meyer Lansky"

I watched it very recently and it touched me deeply.

The song is from Erin Mckeown "You, Sailor"

Choreography by Marguerite Derricks.

Ipo, you'll always be alive, in our loving memory.