"Dear Basketball,

From the moment
I started rolling my dad’s tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:

I fell in love with you.

A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.

As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.

And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.

I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that’s what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you’ve made me feel.

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I’ll always love you for it.
But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.

And that’s OK.
I’m ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.

And we both know, no matter what I do next
I’ll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1

Love you always,
Kobe"

This day is different from the other 364. Bukod sa birthday mo. Anniversary niyo pa. I may not be the best daughter. But Im the prettiest daughter naman e, aha! You have always been there for me, carefully watching me. Always ready to help me. It is your unconditional love and unending support, that I am always thankful of.

Thank you will never be enough to show my gratitude and my happiness for having a mother like you. No word can be enough to say how great you are as a mom. Walang halong pang-uuto. My, we love you. We need you. Nina kuya. Ng mga kapatid ko. I wish you a Happy happy Birthday.

Forever and always, I will be grateful to God for having you; Forever and always, I will love you.

Magpapasko na. Pa- cheeseburger ka naman hehe.

Sorry ** kanina. Sakit sa ulo haha.

I was high, high above,
Then the thought of what it’s like to be loved?
Anytime this plane will land,
Image you are holding someone's hand,

Tracing the stars,
Looking at those tiny cars,
Maybe it feels like this; like you’re floating,
To you every touch is soothing.

I whispered to the cloud,
Someday you will be found,
I stared at the moon,
And said it will be over soon.

Funny that I wrote this,
I wrote this for the feeling that I miss,
No person that I’m pertaining,
Just missing the words  *Mahalaga ka sakin.

I'm waiting....

for the things that won't even happen...

........**hopelessly waiting