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    Lola and Arvin (Courtesy of Arvin Joaquin)

    Dear Lola Conchita, ‘yours is the kind of love that’s secure and selfless’

    Separated by an ocean, Arvin Joaquin found comfort in his grandmother’s letters. Now, he’s sending her one of his own.

    Nai Nai (third from right) and the author (far right) with their family (Courtesy of Ingrid Littmann-Tai)

    To a beloved mother-in-law: ‘It’s my turn to be strong for you’

    Before You Go: ‘Thank you for being such a loving matriarch to our family,’ writes Ingrid Littmann-Tai in a letter to her mother-in-law with dementia, her children’s Nai Nai