Jackie Lou Blanco opened up how she has been coping with the heartbreaking losses of two important people in her life, her mother, Pilita Corrales, and her ex-husband, Ricky Davao.
"By God's grace, Boy. God's love I take it a day at a time which is the same thing I tell my children. Let's take it a day at a time. There will be a day that when we are okay, the next day we are not okay and it's okay because there are no shortcuts to grief," she said in an interview with Boy Abunda.
The actress admitted that the grief has been especially difficult to process, having lost both her mother and former partner in such close succession.
"But for me I think it was harder because my brain couldn't process that I lost mom and then now I lost Ricky. It's like there are days I am thinking of mom and crying for mom. Then after a while I am crying for Ricky and crying for my children because I know how hard it is for them and how hard it will be for a long time," she stated.
When asked how these recent losses have shaped her outlook on death, Jackie shared a heartfelt reflection: "What I've realized is when you lose a loved one even with my situation with Ricky, what is left is just love. I don't think of the not so good times, I don't think of anything else but what last pala talaga is love both for mom and Ricky."
She added that her grief for Ricky came with a different emotional weight, given their past separation. "But I think I am experiencing that more with Ricky because with mom I didn't have naman a separation of sorts but with Ricky I did although I am happy that we got to a point where things were better. But pala when there is death all you remember is love and love stays. It may be a different kind of love but it's love that stays," she said.