Santiago called her large brood as her “vitamins,” saying, “I am grateful for the love they give me.”“I was raised in love. During the Japanese occupation, her family enjoyed a sort of immunity as they gave food to the foreign forces. It was also then that Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines to help Filipino troops liberate the country from the Japanese. “I saw him raise his hand and heard him say, ‘I have returned.’ People were rejoicing back then,” Santiago said. “It’s not about what you eat but the love that you receive.”Her family is the best thing in her life and they keep her going, she added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 23, 2020 20:03 UTC