A Principled General and His Wife

This will not be long but through this entry, I'd like to share my relief that in the military is at least one man and his wife who are principled. Remember the accident of Joey? One of the boys involved was the son of a general of the Philippine Police. Being virtually the only one among the six who was up and about, he took the responsibility of reporting the matter to the police in either Pangasinan or Tarlac. As expected, he was given a runaround of sorts, one faction saying it wasn't within their jurisdiction, etc. But he persisted and finally accomplished the task without letting on he was the son of the general, an announcement that would undoubtedly have shortened his chore. Why? His father has a standing rule for his children: no name-dropping. So the son is not abusive at all. He is soft-spoken, a normal 18-year old boy.

The wife: she likes to dress up and dresses up well. Very pretty even if petite, the usual life of the party. She enjoys talking about her sons and her travels to various religious destinations-- a shrine here, a shrine there. She's always asked to be ninang of weddings and she never says no. And she is very prayerful. She drives a car by herself, no private or police officer driving her about, thank you. She doesn't want people to talk. Good for her.

The family has my utmost respect.