Old people are weird.

This is what Ningning will think everytime she sees how her Tita 'Pre and this new pretty lady who has taken the passenger seat at Udling will interact. When Ningning first saw her, it was when her Tita 'Pre made a stop on their way to the campus to pick this lady up first.   

It was interesting to see another person sit beside her Tita 'Pre at the front of the car, one who is not her mama. 

It will happen more frequently, as her Tita 'Pre explained to her that the pretty lady will be in Elbi too for about half a year, to help organize a training ministry there for people who want to be pastors. When she asked what pastors are, her Tita 'Pre told her that it's someone who helps people nurture and understand their faith better.

Pananampalataya.

Such a big word for her 7-year-old mind.

Ningning crinkled her nose at that. For her, this only means this lady must love praying a lot.  

Ningning will find them weird because they couldn't seem to hold each other's hands. Take for instance, how, when they were going up the Botanical Gardens in Makiling, she saw both how her Tita 'Pre and this lady tried to touch the same flower that they saw on the road, its petals glistening with dewdrops. When their fingers touched, both suddenly jumped apart, their faces red.  

She found it weird because her Tita 'Pre can easily hold her small hand to help her when they're walking up the footpath, or when they'