Ever
since I organized an outing to Busay for my mother and her sisters (The Road to Happiness), they now eagerly anticipate the next adventure.
Knowing
how much happiness the simple trip brought to my senior travel group, I committed to come up
with at least one activity a month for them.
After
our excursions in May to the gardens of Busay along the transcentral highway of
Cebu, I arranged an afternoon of ballroom dancing for June. I contacted my mom’s
elderly DI (dance instructor) who we have known for the last 30 years or
so. Although 60 years of age, the DI
managed to out-dance us all. My mother,
her sisters and the house staff twirled their cares away in the tiny living
room of my mom’s house. Of course,
making it doubly fun was the merienda spread of native delicacies: bico, bibingka,
bud-bud with mangoes and tsokolate, and empanada.
