Lucy Torres says daughter Juliana, drawing helped her through sad times

Isang nakakaantig na kuwento ang ibinahagi ng aktres at Leyte 4th District Representative na si Lucy Torres-Gomez kamakailan lamang tungkol sa pinagdaanan niyang kalungkutan, at kung paano niya ito nalampasan.

Ayon kay Lucy, nakaguhit siya ng 30 iba't ibang disenyo ng upuan kasama ang anak niyang si Juliana bilang isang uri ng “therapy.”

“Somewhere back in time, when life threw me a curve ball, I found myself lingering by our kitchen table in Greenhills, doodling aimlessly at first, and then drawing.....chairs. I don't know why. It could have been houses, or flowers, but somehow it had to be chairs. I would draw one after the other, and soon enough Juliana joined in... I drew, she colored. We did this after every meal, usually lunch. I probably did not talk much, lost as I was in my thoughts, but working with my hands was a better option than staring into space,” kuwento niya.

Dagdag pa ng aktres at politiko, “And then 9 year-old little being beside me was a healing presence, with her happy choice of colors and even happier (and yes, sometimes funny) stories. So I drew & drew, and she colored & colored. She did not question my tears, or my silence, but she sat beside me and basically helped me be sad, I guess without even knowing that she was doing just that.”

Lumipas na ang pinagdaraaanan nilang problema, at nag-desisyon ang mag-ina na ilagay sa cards ang ilan sa sa mga pinakamagandang disenyong nagawa nila.

Maliban sa pagpapamigay nito sa kanilang mga kaibigan, pinili rin ni Lucy na i-frame ang ilan at gawing display sa kanilang tahanan.

 

Somewhere back in time, when life threw me a curve ball, I found myself lingering by our kitchen table in Greenhills, doodling aimlessly at first, and then drawing.....chairs. I don't know why. It could have been houses, or flowers, but somehow it had to be chairs. I would draw one after the other, and soon enough Juliana joined in. Sometimes Richard would help me draw, too, but because he always had work, it was mostly Juliana and myself. I drew, she colored. We did this after every meal, usually lunch. I probably did not talk much, lost as I was in my thoughts, but working with my hands was a better option than staring into space. And the then 9 year-old little being beside me was a healing presence, with her happy choice of colors and even happier (and yes, sometimes funny) stories. So I drew & drew, and she colored & colored. She did not question my tears, or my silence, but she sat beside me and basically helped me be sad, I guess without even knowing that she was doing just that. In the end we had over 30 drawings, that particular part of life's journey resolved itself in due time, and in hindsight even opened big doors for things to be better. Soon enough, Juliana and I randomly chose 27 colored illustrations to print into all-purpose cards, and to this day I have some left still. I did have one each of all 27 framed for posterity and they hang in our kitchen in Greenhills to this day. The ones you see in this post are but some of them. I share this little backstory in the hope of comforting anyone going through a rough patch, whatever it is. We cope in different ways. Looking back at some moments in my life, my therapy has always been working with my hands, trying to create something beautiful in a world that isn't always so. Maybe there is something about the ease of drawing and coloring that unburdens the spaces within. Others bake, or eat, or run, or write. It doesn't matter what you take on, really. Just do what you can to get one foot in front of the other. Everyday. The best part of it all? As with most things, everything just passes. It always blows over. It always falls into place. Somehow, life can always be good and gentle that way.??

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Feb 10, 2017 at 5:43am PST

Ibinahagi niya raw ang kuwento na ito upang makapaghatid ng mensahe sa lahat—na kayang lampasan ang anomang problema sa iba't ibang paraan.

“I share this little backstory in the hope of comforting anyone going through a rough patch, whatever it is. We cope in different ways. Looking back at some moments in my life, my therapy has always been working with my hands, trying to create something beautiful in a world that isn't always so. Maybe there is something about the ease of drawing and coloring that unburdens the spaces within,” aniya.

Pagtatapos ni Lucy, “Others bake, or eat, or run, or write. It doesn't matter what you take on, really. Just do what you can to get one foot in front of the other. Everyday. The best part of it all? As with most things, everything just passes. It always blows over. It always falls into place. Somehow, life can always be good and gentle that way.”

 

A photo posted by @lucytgomez on

Jun 17, 2016 at 3:00am PDT

— Bianca Rose Dabu/BM, GMA News