Lourdes "Deedee" Siytangco, who was a spokesperson for the late former President Corazon C. Aquino, passed away last 28 September. She was 83.

Siytangco will not only be remembered as someone who spoke for Mrs. Aquino, but the many who knew her will never forget her sweetness, her thoughtfulness, her calm composure, and the bigness of her heart.

Deedee loved to gather people — confreres at the Manila Bulletin where she wrote her column, "Angel Thoughts," for many years; members of Bulong Pulungan, the media forum she co-founded which featured prominent personalities at its weekly meetings; the "Brat Pack," members of the Malacañang Press Corps who covered the Palace during the Cory Aquino administration — at her home in Manila and around her table always laden with the most delicious of home-cooked food.

She doted on people, and one person who particularly felt the warmth of her sweet personality was her friend and mentee, People Asia editor-in-chief and Philippine Star columnist Joanne Ray Ramirez, who said it so well when she described Deedee as someone akin to a "sunflower, her favorite flower."

In her eulogy during the wake for Deedee at Heritage Memorial Park, Ramirez said Deedee was " like the sun who helped many bloom; she made those close to her feel special, her sunbeam kept us all together in its embrace."

The many who loved her grieve the loss of the light she beamed on everyone who came into her life, but are comforted by the fact that Deedee is now reunited with her beloved husband of 29 years, Sonny, who died in 2005.

Farewell, Deedee, may you rest in peace and bliss in God's embrace in paradise.