Lovely Abella shared that she had a moving dream about her late “Sunday Pinasaya” co-star, Joey Paras.
The Kapuso actress said on Instagram that she saw the post about Joey’s wake and interment before going to sleep.
In Lovely’s dream, they met up somewhere and Joey asked her, “Ga totoo bang patay na ako?”
“Hindi siya malungkot, ‘yung face niya maaliwalas, kung paano kami nagkikita sa [‘Sunday Pinasaya,’]” Lovely said.
She answered the late comedian in her dream, “oo ma, pupuntahan natin ngayon kung saan ka nakaburol, sobrang ganda ma matutuwa ka kasi napapaligiran ka ng flowers.”
When they got to the wake, Joey said, “Oo nga Ga ang ganda.”
Lovely said, “darating mga bisita mo mamaya kung may gusto kang ipasabi, sabihin mo sa ‘kin ako magsasabi sa [kanila].”
When she woke up and told her husband Benj Manalo about her dream. “[Sabi] niya pakinggan mo kung ano ang sasabihin.”
Lovely said that she does not know the meaning of her dream, but she saw how Joey surrendered his life to God before passing away, “kaya hindi masakit para [sa kanya] o walang pagsisisi akong narinig mula [sa kanya].”
She then looked back on their memories together.
“Grabe nalungkot ang puso ko, dahil isa siya sa nakatrabaho ko na napakabait at hindi pinagdadamot ang talentong pinagkaloob [sa kanya] ni Lord, lagi niya ako tinutulugan at lagi ako nagpapatulong saknya kung paano ang tamang atake ng ibang eksena ko sa [‘Sunday Pinasaya,’]” Lovely said.
Lovely said that this is also Joey’s way of showing her that life is short. She added, “na kailangan nating ingatan ang buhay na binigay sa atin, wag nating abusuhin ang katawan natin kahit alam nating kaya pa, magipon tayo habang kumikita at may trabaho pa, para kahit papano handa tayo sa mga [mangyayari].”
She told Joey, “Marami ang nagmamahal sayo ma at isa na ako don.”
“May we request to include him in your prayers for the eternal repose of his soul,” Lovely said.
Joey died on Sunday at the age of 45.
The cause of death was not disclosed. However, Joey had a heart condition and was fitted with a pacemaker in 2018.
His wake is open to the public on Thursday, November 2.
Among Joey’s memorable film and television appearances include “Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki,” “Last Supper No. 3,” “Babagwa,” and “Mulawin vs. Ravena.”
Joey was also a theater actor and playwright. He wrote the Virgin Labfest play “Bawal Tumawid, Nakakamatay” and appeared in “Zsazsa Zaturnah Ze Muzikal.”
