Inka Magnaye shares what she learned from knowing her parents would pass away someday during preschool

Losing a parent is one of the most painful things a person can experience in his or her lifetime. For those who faced and continue to fight through this ordeal, there's always the sad and resounding question of "What if?"

Inka Magnaye is one of the lucky few who, at an early age, learned that she could one day lose her parents. It was an incident that up to this day inspires her to be loving to them before it's too late.

The popular content creator narrated how she first knew about the concept of death in a viral Facebook post she shared last Sunday, Nov. 5. She recalled that it was one of her classmates in kindergarten who introduced her to it.

"I was in preschool when I learned my parents were going to die," the voice talent began her post. "Not immediately, but just that they would."

"Sitting on the floor at the back of the class made it difficult to see the book Teacher Sheila was reading to us, so I knelt and sat myself on the backs of my heels," she continued.

"'Wag kang lumuhod ng ganyan, mamamatay mga magulang mo,'" Inka recalled her classmate telling her. 

"He was probably just repeating some ridiculous old wives tale he heard at home, nothing malicious," she said. "But that was the day I was awakened to the concept of mortality, that my parents wouldn’t be around forever."

"One day, my parents were going to die. And that realization hit me like a truck," Inka recalled. "I burst into tears."

The Senior High star remembered that her classmate was gently chided for what he did, while she ended up on her teacher's lap.

Inka's mother Lindy Pellicer and father Gerry Magnaye were told about the incident later that day. They then sat down with her and carefully explained to her the truth about what her classmate said.

"They sat me down and explained to me that death was a natural part of life and that one day, yes, they will no longer be around (I started crying again), but they would always be with me even after they pass on and go to Heaven," Inka wrote.

Around three decades later, the idea of losing her parents still upsets Inka, to the point of bringing her to tears at times. The 34-year-old would imagine that "there will come a day [she] will speak for them for the last time" or she would have "something spectacular" she'd want to share with them but will no longer be able to.