Previous postings featured famous and great men of Cavite, but people whom we thought to be ordinary, whom we thought to be insignificant, whom we ordinarily meet everyday has stories to tell as well. Mrs. Feliza Caballero Co, fondly called by friends, "nanay Co", a resident of Sampaquita village, Trece Martires, is a happy, energetic and contented granma. She was born in February 15, 1943 in Dalagit, Cebu. At 5 years of age, her family moved to the town of Aurora, Zamboanga where she grew, started her own family, then, eventually, migrated to Cavite in 2000.
She used to work in a pebbles stone processing company until 2007. At present she sells biko, hotcake, pansit, bread, bibinka, and puto to her former co-workers in the factory. though she's 66 years old, she worked hard as vendor and served as massuer to anyone who would ask for her service. With her meager earnings from selling and massaging she could earn a living to support some family members and even pay for her memorial plan of Pph650 per month (US$1=Pph47).
Though she experienced some misfortune, as she recalled how her CHDF (Civilian Home Defense Force, organized by government to protect civilians) husband was killed by the New People's Army in 1992, she maintains a happy and light spirit that everyone who meets her would feel the same.
She has been a member of the senior citizens group organized by the mayor where they were taught to sell "basahan" (rags), They were actively participating in a morning exercise scheduled every saturday in front of the capitol building.
She's very contented living in Trece Martires because all her seven children and 19 granchildren are happy and contented having the basic things they needded in life. Besides, Trece is a nice and peaceful place to live in.
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