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Elijah Canlas pens moving letter for late brother JM one year after his death
Elijah Canlas wrote a touching letter for his younger brother JM, one year after his death.
The actor and musician posted Instagram photos of him having a meal with JM at a park.
In his caption, Elijah said that although it’s only been a year since JM’s passing, “it already feels like forever.”
Elijah said, “One year since I got the worst phone call ever. One year without your goofy ass. Lagi’t lagi kitang naiisip at namimiss. Araw-araw parin kitang kinakausap. Araw-araw parin kitang hinahanap.”
Elijah then looked back at that period in their lives, and said that JM will never be forgotten.
“I’m still so sorry about how things ended. I sometimes think life has lost all its meaning when you passed away. But we manage to find and give life different meanings each day to carry on. You’ll always be at the core of it though. Never forgotten,” he said.
To end his letter, Elijah hoped for JM’s happiness and expressed his love for his little brother.
“Sana’y lagi kang payapa at maligaya, Kulit. Miss na miss at mahal na mahal ka ni kuya. Mahal na mahal na mahal ka namin. Habang buhay. Habambuhay.”
JM passed away in August 2023 at 17 years old. A cause of death was not named, but the family said that he struggled with his mental health.
Elijah previously wrote a moving letter for his late brother in which he told him, “You are far too beautiful for this world, JM. We do not deserve you. This world does not deserve you.”
Elijah said in another post, “You’re always in my mind and heart, JM. wherever, whenever.”
JM is best known for appearing in the top films “Kiko Boksingero” and “ANi.” He was also a voice actor and was part of the Tagalog dub of “Coco,” “Stranger Things,” “Home Alone,” “Extraction,” “Little Einsteins,” and many more.
The Philippines has several mental health hotlines and services. These include: DOH-NCMH Hotline: 0917-899-8727 or 02-7989-8727; Natasha Goulbourn Foundation Hopeline: 0917-558-4673, 0918-873-4673 and 02-8804-4673; and In Touch Crisis Line: 0917-800-1123, 0922-893-8944 and 02-8893-7603.
— Nika Roque/CDC, GMA Integrated News
