She was a woman always in yellow, seen on TV holding the rosary and leading several novenas for friends who are sick and for the country facing difficult challenges whether it be in politics or natural calamities.
She was the wife of the late Senator Binigno "Ninoy" Aquino, a sacrificial lamb for the country's fight against the dictatorship of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
She became the president of the country after Marcos' regime fell following the EDSA people power. It was in her term that the country gained its freedom and bloomed under a democratic government.
She's often described by people who personally knew her when she was alive as simple, humble, sincere, and has unfaltering love and devotion for God.
Her colleagues in Malacañang before said that during her presidency, there was no corruption that is why some former politicians said that she was the greatest president of the country, the most honest servant of the Filipinos.
Even after her term, Cory continued to serve the country by being active in advocating good governance and women empowerment. Her opinion on prevailing issues of the nation mattered. Her advices were followed.
Cory then was diagnosed with colon cancer and died at the age of 76, leaving her five children and more than 80 million Filipinos who are now thinking: "what's next for us?"
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