Heart Evangelista remembers Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago a year after her passing

Joan Leary

<p> </p><p>Heart Evangelista, who was close with the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, took to Instagram to express how much she misses her.</p><p>“One year has passed. Here I am thinking you're just abroad, that one day the phone will just ring and we'll talk for hours about anything and everything under the sun. How I wish that was true. 💔 But, your unconditional love and wisdom inspire and help me go through each day. Tita M, you will always be my "Queen of Hearts,” she wrote.</p><p> </p><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'><div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:56.2962962962963% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'><div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'> </div></div><p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'><a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BZnaeDMFXwk/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>One year has passed. Here I am thinking you're just abroad, that one day the phone will just ring and we'll talk for hours about anything and everything under the sun. How I wish that was true. 💔 But, your unconditional love and wisdom inspire and help me go through each day. Tita M, you will always be my "Queen of Hearts." ❤️</a></p><p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Love Marie Ongpauco Escudero (@iamhearte) on <time datetime='2017-09-29T07:02:46+00:00' style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;'>Sep 29, 2017 at 12:02am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async defer src='~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js' type='text/javascript'></script><p> </p><p>The senator played cupid in Heart and her husband Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s love story. She passed away last year after battling with lung cancer.</p>

<p> <blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'><div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:56.2962962962963% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'><div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'> </div></div><p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'><a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BZnaeDMFXwk/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>One year has passed. Here I am thinking you're just abroad, that one day the phone will just ring and we'll talk for hours about anything and everything under the sun. How I wish that was true. 💔 But, your unconditional love and wisdom inspire and help me go through each day. Tita M, you will always be my "Queen of Hearts." ❤️</a><p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Love Marie Ongpauco Escudero (@iamhearte) on <time datetime='2017-09-29T07:02:46+00:00' style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;'>Sep 29, 2017 at 12:02am PDT</time></div></blockquote><script async defer src='~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js' type='text/javascript'></script><p> <p>The senator played cupid in Heart and her husband Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s love story. She passed away last year after battling with lung cancer.

<p> <p>Heart Evangelista, who was close with the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, took to Instagram to express how much she misses her.<p>“One year has passed. Here I am thinking you're just abroad, that one day the phone will just ring and we'll talk for hours about anything and everything under the sun. How I wish that was true. 💔 But, your unconditional love and wisdom inspire and help me go through each day. Tita M, you will always be my "Queen of Hearts,” she wrote.

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