Stavros 3: Don't Let Me Down

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"...thank you for showing us your support with Mythria Foundation. I will be forever grateful for rendering your sincere hands to help saving young lives, and fighting against abortion and violence ." Huminga ako ng malalim at nginitian ang crowd na naririto sa loob ng Eleonor Centre .

From the day I learned that I lost Eleonor, I established this foundation. Today , we are celebrating it's First Founding Anniversary dito sa mismong facility na ipinatayo ko rito sa Pilipinas, particularly dito sa Tagaytay kung saan malapit sa magandang tanawin at less pollution na kapaligiran na makakabuti sa mga nailigtas at sinusuportahan naming mga babies,  bata, young mom, battered women, single mom, rape victims and those who we saved from suicide attempts. Bukod paroon, mas malapit ito sa aming tirahan... I can easily manage it personally... I named this place and foundation after my precious one... Mythria Eleonor Stavros-Romanov.

My instinct was telling me that my precious one is a baby girl if she got a chance to be born but ...

Nakaramdam ako ng lungkot sa pagkaalala ng anghel ko... Muli kong kinapa at hinawakan ang aking pendant at napangiti... Kahit na nakakaramdam ako nang lungkot dahil wala na roon ang kasama nitong singsing ng ama nito... Noong isang buwan ay nabigtas ang kwintas ko at nahulog ang singsing dito sa loob ng facility. Ang kwintas at pendant ay nahanap liban sa singsing. Tila ba isang senyales iyon na hinding hindi na babalik sa dati....

"...this foundation was established in memory of our precious Mythria Eleonor who gained her wings back to heaven before we got a chance to know and meet her... yes! I lost my Eleonor..." Nakarinig ako ng sabay sabay na pagsinghap ng mga panauhin... sunud-sunod ang pagkuha ng mga larawan at video ang mga press na hinayaan naming magcover nitong event na ito... I want it to share to the world...Napatingin ako sa mesa ng aking pamilya at malalapit sa akin...though...wala siya  ngayon...malungkot but it's okay... I have these wonderful people with me...They are all here to cheer me up... Nakangiti ang mga ito na tila proud na proud sa akin... Empress mama and papa are encouraging me to do this. My twins are behaving well with their cousins tumango ako sa mga ito at nagpatuloy sa pagsasalita

"More than a year ago I suffered into a mild depression caused by the different circumstances in my life that caused my lil ones' life. " Nakita ko ang pagkagulat sa mukha ng lahat ng nakarinig ... "I know you all think that I am just making things up... I only seek for attention... Or maybe you are having this thought that I am foolish to feel that way because I have everything in this world. I can easily have anything I wanted in just a snap of my finger... I am the Queen of the Stavros Empire. I am Clover Yvangelin Hermosa Stavros... That name alone will leave you a thought of a lucky woman with a lavished life on her golden platter... Yes , I am living with a lavished life... But does it mean that I cannot feel down, empty and hallow..? That suffering with depression is a part of my script just to seek more attention? " Tumataas na ang aking tinig dahil sa emosyong nararamdaman ko...that's why I took a pause... And look at the surrounding dahil natahimik ang buong hall... Everyone has this guilt in their faces... Huminga muna ako ng malalim bago nagpatuloy... "...if you thought that way, then you are all foolish... Because depression is not a joke... It is not about seeking attention... It is not just a made up story... It is not an acr... It is an illness... A mental illness that we have to pay attention! Let us all break the stigma! We have to open our eyes in reality... That depression is not a jape... It is something more than an illness... Because it might cost a life... So help us fighting against it... Help us to make a comfortable and happy place for the victims and these lost soul...so that we can save another Eleonor... We can save life. " Emosyonal kong pakiusap sa lahat... At tinapos ko na ang aking speech na sinundan ng masigabong palakpakan at standing ovation sa lahat. I smiled in tears while standing in front of them and sharing my experiences to open their eyes...