Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Jackie Lou Blanco on coping with loss of loved ones (Episode 594)

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Aired (May 13, 2025): Matapos ang magkasunod na pagpanaw ng dalawang mahal sa buhay na sina Pilita Corrales at Ricky Davao, paano nga ba ito kinakaya at hinaharap ni Jackie Lou Blanco? Alamin ang kanyang kwento sa video.   For more Fast Talk With Boy Abunda videos, click the link below:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRhcC_vtOrYkYNWgPJ9ntTVJ7BHCXumB   Watch the latest episodes of 'Fast Talk with Boy Abunda’ weekdays at 4:45 PM on GMA Afternoon prime, starring Boy Abunda. #FastTalkwithBoyAbunda   To our Global Pinoys in the U.S., catch your favorite Pinoy shows from GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV, now available on YouTube TV!   Subscribe now for only $14.99 per month. Visit tv.youtube.com for more details.

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00:00I don't wanna say, kumusta ka?

00:07When was that when I called you? I was thinking about you. I just called and I said,

00:11wala lang, naiisip lang kita.

00:13Yes, I know. I know. First, when mom passed.

00:17And then, I think the day before you went to...

00:22I don't know. I just...

00:24Naalala lang kita sa nabi ko.

00:26Yeah, and then I said, I just want to call you and just tell you that I'm here.

00:30I'm sorry that Ricky passed.

00:34It's very nice and comforting when people call you and just tell you how you are,

00:40or I'm here, or...

00:45It doesn't remove the pain, but it gives us a little comfort

00:51to know that we are being thought of.

00:54You are thinking of mom, or you're thinking of Ricky.

01:00So, it's a gift when people call and just say that they're there.

01:06Like what you did to me.

01:08Thank you. At saka, napakahirap.

01:10And I wanted to share this experience sa ating mga kaibigan na nanonood.

01:13Dahil napakahirap maghanap ng tamang mga salita.

01:16And minsan, ito yung mga pagkakataon po when less words are more comforting.

01:22Yes.

01:23Kasi na naranasan ko yung nung pumanaw ang nanay, yung paulit-ulit kang tatanungin kung...

01:29Opa, paano nangyari?

01:30Paano nangyari?

01:32Sabi mo nga, kota ka na.

01:33Kota na ako, Tito Boy.

01:34Kota ka na sa heritage.

01:35Kota na ako.

01:36Kami ng mga bata.

01:38Correct.

01:39But, yes, you're correct.

01:41You know, when Ricky passed and people would come to us,

01:46those who have been in mommy's wake,

01:48they don't know what to say anymore.

01:51And I don't expect them to say anything.

01:53It's okay to be quiet.

01:54Yes!

01:55They just hold my hand and I know.

01:57It's like they're telling me,

01:58Oh my gosh, here we are again.

02:00I don't know how it is for you.

02:03But you know, hinihawakan lang yung kamiko.

02:05And...

02:06Jackie, 20 days.

02:08I know.

02:09To death.

02:10I know.

02:11Ang katanungan,

02:12how are you coping?

02:14I don't know.

02:16By God's grace.

02:18And I understand.

02:19By God's love.

02:20I take it a day at a time,

02:21which is the same thing I tell my children.

02:23Let's take it a day at a time.

02:25There will be a day when we're okay,

02:27the next day we're not okay,

02:28and it's okay.

02:29Because there are no shortcuts to grief.

02:32You know that, Tito Boy,

02:33when you lost your nanay.

02:35Yeah.

02:36But for me,

02:37I think it was harder because my brain couldn't process

02:41that I lost mom,

02:43and then now I've lost Ricky.

02:46It's like...

02:48There are days I'm thinking of mom and crying for mom,

02:52and then after a while I'm crying for Ricky

02:54and crying for my children

02:56because I know how hard it is for them,

02:58and how hard it will be for a long time.

03:02So,

03:03hindi ma one plus one equals two ng utak ko

03:06that I've lost two loved ones.

03:08I get that.

03:09Kaya napaka-logical nung tanong kung

03:11how are you coping?

03:13Yes.

03:14Nabago ba ang iyong pananaw ngayon

03:17with this experience

03:19sa death?

03:21Are you more afraid?

03:23Are you less afraid?

03:24When you come to think about it?

03:26What I've realized is

03:30when you lose a loved one,

03:34even with my situation with Ricky,

03:37what is left is just love.

03:40I don't think of the not-so-good times,

03:45I don't think of anything else,

03:48but what lasts pala talaga is love,

03:51both for mom and Ricky.

03:53But I think I'm experiencing that more with Ricky

03:57because with mom I didn't have a separation of sorts,

04:00but with Ricky I did,

04:02although I'm happy that we got to a point where things were better.

04:07But pala, when there is death,

04:10all you remember is love.

04:12Yes.

04:13And love stays.

04:14And love stays.

04:15It may be a different kind of love,

04:16but it's love that stays.

04:18Right.

04:37Yeah.

04:38Before I go to fiction.

04:42Just until then.

04:43Good bit.

04:47Bye.

04:49Yeah!

04:54Yeah!

04:59All right!

05:03Yeah, yeah!

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