First Love Finds its Way in Their Senior Years

                         By Vic Odarve

In the far-flung village of the province, Carlito felt in love deeply with his love at first sight and classmate Maura. As both were young and carefree, their love blossomed. Later, their parents tried to constraint some of their activities due to their studies and their young age. After high school they went on separate schools for further education. Both concentrated on their college courses and completed. The handsome and dashing Carlito obtained a job in Manila while Maura, an independent young woman, overflowing with potential, found a job in Middle East. Since then, they had no communication with each other.

San MIguel Academy-Mayana

Years passed, and they both married other people, yet neither forgotten their first love. Whether it is by fate or rare chance, at their senior’s stage at 61 years old, both their spouses had died.

Lately, Carlito received an invitation letter from a longtime friend to be one of the sponsors of their sole daughter’s wedding to be held at their village during fiesta celebration. As eager to visit his homeland for long years and without hesitation, he accepted and appreciated the invitation. Unexpectedly, as the wedding ceremony proceeded, he instantly saw Maura as one of the honored guests invited by the family. Without hesitation after the affair, he ran up to Maura with a heart beating, and said, Oh, my dear, how are you? “I am fine, how about you?”, replied Maura with a smile.

Village Dancing- Bayle Tibook Kalibutan

While dining, the two enjoyed an ample time talking with each other. Reminiscing the past when they were merely teenagers, their schooling years, and their marital lives. Maura candidly confessed that when she accepted his love, it was like feeling her stomach of fluttering butterflies when he looked at him. Carlito also confided that with her striking model looks and the way she danced with someone, he felt jealous. Both seemed laughing delightedly but inside their conscious minds played the pleasant memories of their yesteryears. They never forgot their first love. First love never dies.

The Village of Mayana

With that coincidental meeting, he knew precisely that he would marry her and decided to pursue her properly. Before they departed, Carlito whispered to her, “My darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long. You are my wife and my life.” To her astonishment, her heart fluttered. Maura felt the unusual feeling considered to engulf her and then she fondly remembered her first love. They, however, decided to get back together in the same year.

They remarried not long after and live in the village of Mayana to the delight of the old folks and their previous classmates. It captures the beauty of whimsical first love perfectly.

You are never too old to find love. As if by fate, their first love finds its way in their senior years.

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