Lorna Navos-Timbol
Lorna, that’s how you want us to address you thirty years ago after a sort of seminar we had with you in one of the classrooms in Sta. Clara Building. I do not remember the small details of that seminar but one thing was etched in my memory-the sweetest word a person would want to hear is her first name. I agree.
Lorna, pronounced as LOR-nah, is of Scottish origin, which is feminine of Lorne from Loren, referring to the laurel tree symbolic of honor or victory.
Out of God’s grace you were born on July 20,fifty five years ago. Your dear parents have raised you well I know because a little more than twenty years after, you were there making your way to have a place in the very institution were I met or should I say, came to know you - Holy Angel University. You didn’t stop there. You continue to quench your thirst for knowledge by working on your master’s degree. You sought learning with ardor and diligence amidst your demanding schedule as a teacher, a wife, a mother, and a student.. Your rewards? Grateful students, an assured husband, good children (with a cute grandson) and citations, recognitions, awards, medals, plaques & trophies.
Rivers of tears may have rolled down your cheeks because of life’s trials but you continue to emerge victorious. God, indeed, have armed you more than enough for you have remained strong and steadfast in your ordeals. You are still as bubbly (this is my favorite adjective for you) as the first time I have known you.You may have changed physically but not in your wisdom and intellect. You continue to educate through the sensible words you utter, you continueto touch lives with your caring words and you continue to inspire not by what we see in you but by what you see in us.
No words can describe how grateful I am that you are a part of my life. I cannot forget thirty years ago when you made me see what I was not. Seeing what I was not made me discover what I was and what I will be. Thank you for tapping my potentials. I rememberbringing home the first place in a declamation contest because you painstakingly taught me what to do and not what to do as a declaimer. You tried hard looking into my futureand seeing the world of my tomorrow. And today, with your help, I am in the world where I am fitted – the educators’ world.
Alpha, that is my name. The meaning? The first, that’s all. A literal meaning with no solid basis. That was before you discovered me. That was before you put something in this head. Now as I complete my journey in life, I will try hard to be better if not the best or the first. God entrusted me a lot to do but I am not scared because I know, like you, I will emerge victorious. I am in full battle gear armed not only with the virtues I learned from my parents but also with what you selflessly gave to me. The many short talks we have whenever and wherever we see each other? I treasure them. You touch my life, you inspire me to do better, and you never ceased educating me. My deepest gratitude, Ma’am.
Lorna, that’s how you want us to address you thirty years ago after a sort of seminar we had with you in one of the classrooms in Sta. Clara Building. I do not remember the small details of that seminar but one thing was etched in my memory-the sweetest word a person would want to hear is her first name. I agree.
Lorna, pronounced as LOR-nah, is of Scottish origin, which is feminine of Lorne from Loren, referring to the laurel tree symbolic of honor or victory.
Out of God’s grace you were born on July 20,fifty five years ago. Your dear parents have raised you well I know because a little more than twenty years after, you were there making your way to have a place in the very institution were I met or should I say, came to know you - Holy Angel University. You didn’t stop there. You continue to quench your thirst for knowledge by working on your master’s degree. You sought learning with ardor and diligence amidst your demanding schedule as a teacher, a wife, a mother, and a student.. Your rewards? Grateful students, an assured husband, good children (with a cute grandson) and citations, recognitions, awards, medals, plaques & trophies.
Rivers of tears may have rolled down your cheeks because of life’s trials but you continue to emerge victorious. God, indeed, have armed you more than enough for you have remained strong and steadfast in your ordeals. You are still as bubbly (this is my favorite adjective for you) as the first time I have known you.You may have changed physically but not in your wisdom and intellect. You continue to educate through the sensible words you utter, you continueto touch lives with your caring words and you continue to inspire not by what we see in you but by what you see in us.
No words can describe how grateful I am that you are a part of my life. I cannot forget thirty years ago when you made me see what I was not. Seeing what I was not made me discover what I was and what I will be. Thank you for tapping my potentials. I rememberbringing home the first place in a declamation contest because you painstakingly taught me what to do and not what to do as a declaimer. You tried hard looking into my futureand seeing the world of my tomorrow. And today, with your help, I am in the world where I am fitted – the educators’ world.
Alpha, that is my name. The meaning? The first, that’s all. A literal meaning with no solid basis. That was before you discovered me. That was before you put something in this head. Now as I complete my journey in life, I will try hard to be better if not the best or the first. God entrusted me a lot to do but I am not scared because I know, like you, I will emerge victorious. I am in full battle gear armed not only with the virtues I learned from my parents but also with what you selflessly gave to me. The many short talks we have whenever and wherever we see each other? I treasure them. You touch my life, you inspire me to do better, and you never ceased educating me. My deepest gratitude, Ma’am.
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