A Child's Forgotten Tomb

One of the forgotten tombs inside the old section of the Manila Chinese Cemetery is for this very young child. I always feel sad whenever I come across a child's grave. I myself lost a new-born child three years ago and I have also experienced the grief felt by Victoria's parents when she died in 1950. I kind of think that a child's death can be the most shattering ordeal any parent can experience. It just destroys the natural order of things: parents should be buried by their children and not the other way around. I offered little Victoria's grave a small flower and whispered a silent prayer for her soul.