Reading 4

• The relationship between the narrator and his mother was very close
• In the narrator's younger days, his mother would ruffle his hair, say prayers with him, and tell him little juvenile tales
• As the narrator grew older, he would visit his mother, admire her silver hair, and reminisce about their past moments together
• Even as a senator, the narrator would prioritize spending time with his mother, taking her for walks and reminiscing about the past
• After his mother's death, the narrator struggled to accept the void left by her absence
• The narrator vowed to remember his mother by wearing a black necktie as a symbol of reverence
• The narrator feels that by keeping memories of his mother alive in his daily life, she continues to live on in some way
• Jose P. Laurel: 'Source: COMMENTARIES ON THE MORAL CODE (Manila: Lyceum Press, Inc., 1965) p.24'