Kamakailan lamang, inihayag ng anak ni Vic Sotto na si Paulina ang lungkot na nadarama sa pagk4wala ng kaniyang lolo, ang 94-anyos na National Artist for Virtual Arts na si Arturo Luz noong Mayo 26 lamang.

Gayunpaman, hindi na ibinahagi pa ng pamilya ang ibang detalye tungkol sa dahilan ng kaniyang p4gkam4tay.

Ngunit para kay Paulina, ang pand3miya ang nagbawal o naging hadlang para siya ay makapagpaalam ng maayos sa kaniyang mahal na lolo.


Aniya,

“Filed under things C0V1D has taken away: Being able to properly mourn.

“It’s been two days since my Lolo died. And yet, I don’t feel that he is gone. I keep thinking he’s still in his room, maybe watching Money Heist or John Wick, waiting for us to pay him a visit. I hadn’t been able to visit him in months. 

I couldn’t visit him in the hospital, couldn’t say a proper goodbye, couldn’t be by his side during his last moments. He will be crem4ted tomorrow and I can’t be there. I can’t see him off, I can’t touch him one last time. I can’t even hug my relatives. As I look at his body for the very last time, nothing about it feels proper. I know I will never see him again, I know I will never talk to him again, or share a meal with him again. I know he will never hold my daughter again. I know all this, but I don’t feel it. Maybe it’s for the best—this way he can live on in my mind and I’m not hysterically crying every night. But maybe I deserve a proper goodbye to one of the people that mean the most to me. Doesn’t mean I’ll get it. And it just s*cks.”


Samantala, sa dulo ng post ni Paulina, siya ay muling nagpaalala sa publiko na magsuot palagi ng masks sa tuwing lalabas ng bahay at manatili na lamang sa loob ng bahay.

Nilinaw din ni Paulina na hindi C0VID ang sanhi ng p4gkawala ng kaniyang lolo.


Saad ni Paulina,

“Wear masks. Stay home. Get vaccinated. Honestly, if you’re still not taking C0VID seriously, then please remove yourself from my life. This pand3mic has taken away too much already.

“Edit to add: No, he did not die of C0VID, for those of you assuming.”