As is traditional in the Philippines, a get-together was held on the ninth day of the novena for Cherie. A mass and a lunch were attended by around 70 relatives: aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces, grandchildren, her siblings and her mother. The video shows her mom, Nena Bautista, giving her thank you speech at the end of the program. The first few minutes are missing from the video. This missing part had her starting off by saying that a sister-in-law, Flory Aguas, when condoling with her had said that they are now alike: they have both lost a husband and a child. She then added that her sister, Dang, also had lost a husband and a child. She said, people say that it is more painful to lose a child than it is to lose a husband, and she shares her reflections on this. This is about where the video starts.