STAY
Parang langit ang naranasan ng pamilyang Aquino sa Boston. 1971 pinanganak ang kanilang bunsong si Kris. 1972 naman pinakulong si Ninoy. Ito na ang pinakamahabang panahon na naging buo ang pamilya. At bagamat nanghihina na rin ang katawan ni Marcos, Sr., malakas pa rin ang kanyang kapit sa poder, at walang malinaw na indikasyon na papayag siya sa hiling ni Ninoy na ibalik ang demokrasya.
Sa bilangguan, binitawan na ni Ninoy ang kanyang ambisyong maging pangulo. Kailangan din ba niyang pakawalan ang ligayang natuklasan niya pagkatapos ng pitong taon at pitong buwan ng pagdurusa?
Magpapatuloy ang kuwento sa likod ng “RETURN.”
The Aquino family experienced a slice of heaven in Boston. Their youngest, Kris, was born in 1971. Ninoy was jailed in 1972. This was the longest period of time that the family was whole. And while Marcos, Sr. was weakening physically, his grip on power remained strong, and there was no clear indication that he would agree to Ninoy’s call for a return to democracy.
In prison, Ninoy let go of his ambition to be president. Did he have to let go of the joy he had found after seven years and seven months of suffering as well?
The story continues behind “RETURN.”




