Last Sept.2, two important people celebrated their birthdays. My uncle and my roommate from college. My uncle Rene celebrated his first birthday in heaven :(. He was taken from us last February 14,2018 due to Schistosomiasis and we miss him everyday. It was a surreal tragedy on a Valentines day. I’m with my roommates that day when the news came up. Got many calls from my mom and lola but I wasn’t able to answer their calls and I know right then and there that he was gone. That time was so messed up because I was finishing my thesis and then that happen. He left us. We remained strong and faithful to God because I know my uncle is safe and in free from suffering. We just missed him. So for his birthday, we visited him in the cemetery and we offered a prayer. As soon as we got home, I cooked some spaghetti as a get together food for the fam and we drank “tuba”(coconut wine)because its his favorite.