Mon Tulfo (left) on late grandson Ramon Enrique Tulfo (right): “Oh my grandson! Had you talked to me I would have made you strong!”
PHOTO/S: Mon Tulfo/Ramon Enriquez Tulfo on Facebook

Trigger warning: This article includes mention of depression and suicide

Labis ang pagdadalamhati ng opinion columnist, broadcaster, at former television host na si Ramon “Mon” Tulfo sa pagpanaw ng kanyang panganay na apo na si Ramon Enrique “Ramonito” Tulfo.

Si Ramonito ay pumanaw, sa edad na 26, noong October 26, 2024.

Sa Facebook noong October 26, nag-post si Mon para idetalye ang sinapit ng kanyang apo.

Aniya, dumaan sa matinding depresyon si Ramonito na hindi nito nakayanan kaya kinitil ang sarili niyang buhay.

Natagpuan daw itong wala nang buhay sa isang hotel, kunsaan siya panandaliang tumutuloy.

Pahayag ni Mon, “Ramonito took his own life early today, a victim of depression. His body was found in a hotel.

“He left a note saying he was not strong.”

MON DESCRIBES GRANDSON RAMONITO

Bilang lolo, aminado si Mon na noon pa man ay nakitaan na niya ng kahinaan ang apo niyang si Ramonito.

Photo/s: DLSU POLISCY ON INSTAGRAM

Hindi raw nito nakuha ang ugali niya at ng tatay nitong si Patrick Tulfo na malalakas ang personalidad.

Inamin din ni Mon na kagaya ni Ramonito ay sumagi rin sa isip niya noong nakaraang taon ang ginawa nito.

Mababasa sa kanyang Facebook post (published as is): “Had Ramon Enrique (Ramonito), my eldest grandson, talked to me he wouldn’t have done the unspeakable.

“I could have talked him out of it because I probably know what he felt inside.

“Last year I also contemplated doing what he did. But Ramonito, who looked like me but had the fine features of his mom, was not as strong-willed as his dad Patrick and me.”

Sa kabila ng kahinaan ni Ramonito, ipinakita naman daw nito ang galing at pagpupursigi niya sa pag-aaral maging sa kanyang trabaho.

Pagmamalaki ni Mon, graduate mula sa kilalang unibersidad si Ramonito at agad din itong nakahanap ng trabaho nang mag-graduate.

Aniya, “A graduate of La Salle University, everything was going for Ramonito. He was intelligent.

“He had the looks that girls his age would swoon over. He had a stable job.”

MON wishes his grandson opened up to him

Sa huli, sinabi ni Mon na kung sana ay mas kinausap niya ang apo ay maaaring buhay pa ito ngayon.

Saad niya: “Oh my grandson! Had you talked to me I would have made you strong!

“I would have told you that life has full of challenges. That life is unfair. But crises or problems make life so exciting.

“That if you just plodded on the issues you faced would have disappeared.”