How did Lea overcome the life struggles when her mother gradually lost her sanity because of unfortunate events in her life? Watch this exclusive interview with Lea, where she talks about the life of her mother in #MPK's episode, 'Inang Walang Pamilya.'
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00:00 Leia, you are the eldest of three siblings, right?
00:05 Am I right, Leia?
00:07 Yes.
00:08 Leia, please tell me, how was your mother while you were still growing up?
00:16 How was she?
00:21 When she was still alive, she was fine with us as her siblings.
00:31 She was a bit strict, but she was very strict with us.
00:36 She wouldn't leave us alone.
00:39 She was supportive in our studies.
00:43 But how did you discover that she was cheating on your father?
00:51 When we had an occasion at home, because every Saturday and Sunday, my father wouldn't come home.
01:02 So usually, he would go out to drink with his colleagues.
01:09 But when that happened, he had visitors at home.
01:15 One night, I went up to our terrace to get a drink from the refrigerator.
01:23 Our refrigerator was upstairs and their room was also upstairs.
01:28 That's when I saw my father sleeping in the room.
01:36 My mother was with my father's visitor.
01:45 They were talking and they were about to kiss my mother.
01:47 But they suddenly kissed each other.
01:49 They didn't expect to see me.
01:52 I suddenly hid.
01:53 That's when they stopped.
01:55 They just went to their room.
01:59 How old were you, Leia?
02:05 I was in elementary school.
02:07 I was 12 years old.
02:14 So what happened next?
02:18 Did you see them after that?
02:22 Did your father discover it?
02:30 No.
02:33 Did you file a complaint?
02:36 No.
02:39 When I was already studying in a convent,
02:46 when I was waiting for my father to agree to my request,
02:55 I would go home every Friday.
03:00 One day, I was surprised that my father didn't agree to it.
03:04 Our driver agreed to it.
03:08 When I got home, my father was drinking.
03:13 That's when I found out that they had already separated.
03:19 Who was your mother?
03:21 When your mother passed away, who raised you?
03:27 Who was your mother?
03:32 Who took care of you?
03:34 My father and my stepmother.
03:40 You had a stepmother.
03:43 How was your stepmother?
03:46 Was she good to raise you?
03:49 My stepmother was against us.
03:59 It was painful for my stepmother to have a stepmother.
04:09 It was hard for us as siblings.
04:13 It was hard for you.
04:15 How long did it take for you to not see your stepmother?
04:20 It was about six years.
04:27 That's a long time.
04:29 You didn't see her for six years, even sometimes.
04:32 Your father sent her away from your house.
04:37 Yes.
04:40 When did you see your mother again?
04:43 How did you meet after six years?
04:48 She sent me to my grandfather's house.
04:57 That's where I lived.
05:00 She moved there.
05:03 I let her stay there for the meantime.
05:09 We got a room for her to stay.
05:19 We brought her food and money.
05:23 How long did she stay there?
05:27 In the room you got for her?
05:30 It was only for a few months.
05:34 She suddenly left.
05:39 She suddenly disappeared.
05:41 She left the keys in the car and she didn't come back.
05:50 I looked for her.
05:52 Where did you see her?
05:54 I asked around.
06:03 I wasn't sure where she was.
06:05 One day, I went to our house.
06:10 She was there.
06:12 My father told me that my mother was there.
06:16 He told me to send her away.
06:18 He said she couldn't stay here.
06:21 Where was she when you saw her?
06:27 She was outside the house.
06:29 Outside the house?
06:31 Outside the house means where?
06:35 On the street?
06:37 Was she on the street?
06:39 Yes.
06:40 She was waiting on the street?
06:44 She was just in front of the house.
06:47 Outside the house, outside the door, outside the entrance to your house?
06:53 She was there?
06:54 Yes.
06:56 What did you feel when you saw your mother?
07:00 Were you angry?
07:02 Did you feel sorry for her?
07:04 What did she look like when you saw her?
07:10 I felt sorry for her.
07:12 I didn't expect that my mother would be like that.
07:17 I didn't expect that our family would be like that.
07:24 We would be separated.
07:28 We couldn't be together.
07:30 At first, I was sick and angry.
07:33 But I couldn't help her to return home because my father's house was there.
07:44 I couldn't fight her because she was the one who left the house.
07:52 Yes.
07:54 I have a lot of questions but I don't know why such things happened.
08:02 Yes.
08:04 When your father found out that she was there,
08:07 did he not leave the house?
08:12 How long was she there?
08:14 Leia?
08:16 She was waiting all day until someone talked to one of our siblings.
08:25 When my father saw her, he just slapped her and left.
08:31 We talked about who could have made her leave.
08:35 Yes.
08:37 How long was she there?
08:40 How long did she stay in front of your house?
08:44 Was she sleeping in front of your house?
08:47 Yes.
08:49 She was there for a few days, Aunt Mel.
08:52 But when it came to the night, she was not there for the whole night.
08:57 She was there from the morning until the afternoon.
09:00 She was there every day.
09:02 How long was she there every day, Leia?
09:05 It lasted for two weeks or three weeks.
09:13 How did she eat?
09:15 Where did she use her scissors?
09:20 How did she eat?
09:23 Did she not starve?
09:25 Where did she get her food?
09:27 We were giving her food.
09:30 My siblings were giving her food.
09:32 Our neighbors were giving her food.
09:34 We were just going around the barangay.
09:37 Then, someone was just giving her clothes.
09:48 I was giving her a bath.
09:50 Oh, my.
09:52 What did you notice when Leia was getting older?
09:57 Her movements, her speech.
10:02 What were the things that you noticed that were not good about your mother?
10:10 When she was going to her house, she was just outside.
10:19 Maybe it was a long time ago when she was already at the sanctuary.
10:28 That's when she started to change.
10:31 We were not able to talk for a long time.
10:38 That's when she started to think.
10:42 When I talked to her, she would just cry.
10:46 But she understood what I was saying to her.
10:51 But she would just cry.
10:54 She couldn't express what she wanted to say.
10:58 She would just cry.
11:01 When I talked to her, I would ask her, "Mommy, are you okay?
11:05 Eat your food."
11:06 Her tears just fell.
11:09 But how did she get to the sanctuary?
11:16 This is a place for people who have problems with their thoughts.
11:22 Is that right?
11:24 Yes.
11:25 How did she get there, Leia?
11:28 Who brought her there?
11:30 I'm not sure, but a neighbor told me that she was helped to bring her to the sanctuary.
11:47 It was just my wish.
11:49 So, you were not the one who brought her there?
11:53 No.
11:55 There was someone who was kind enough to help her to the place where she could be placed.
12:09 It was not a place that was spread out.
12:11 Yes.
12:12 What was the last thing you saw and talked about with your mother, Rose?
12:20 What did she say to you?
12:22 Before she got depressed, when I was still able to talk to her, I told her,
12:33 "Just stay here with me. Don't leave."
12:37 I told her that we should be able to live our lives better.
12:42 She said, "No, she can go home."
12:47 I told her to take care of herself because we love her so much.
12:54 I told her that.
12:56 Then, she suddenly started crying.
12:59 Yes.
13:00 Before she died, did you see each other, Leia?
13:06 Yes, I visit her every week.
13:15 Yes.
13:17 What did she die of? Can I know?
13:20 She had a heart attack.
13:23 Oh, a heart attack.
13:26 So, it means that she lived a miserable life when you were not able to talk to each other, right?
13:34 Yes.
13:35 She would not talk to us anymore. She would just cry and smile.
13:41 When we visit our siblings, we would bring her food on her birthday.
13:49 She was just happy.
13:52 But Leia, for example, she is watching us from heaven tonight.
13:58 What do you want to tell her on Mother's Day, Leia?
14:05 Mommy, I'm here. I'm still with you.
14:11 We are still whole even if Daddy is not with us.
14:15 My siblings are gone.
14:18 I hope you are still here so that your grandchildren and I can still be together.
14:26 Just take care of them.
14:29 Don't leave us.
14:31 We are still here, grandchildren, and we love you so much.
14:35 But Leia, what is the lesson that our viewers will learn from your story about you and your family?
14:49 What do you think is the good lesson that they will learn?
15:00 I hope they will have a good life, whether they can afford it or not.
15:11 I love their parents because they are the only ones for us as long as we live.
15:20 We love our children. If we have a problem, we will talk about it so that everyone can have a good life.
15:34 That's all.
15:40 I have three children.
15:49 You have three children.
15:50 Yes.
15:51 We are thankful to you and we hope that you will have a good life with your family.
16:03 And that everything that happened in your life is not like what happened to your family now.
16:12 God bless you and your family. Thank you very much, Leia.
16:16 Thank you very much.
16:18 Thank you very much, Tita Mel. Take care. Thank you.
16:24 - Thank you so much.
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