Sarah herself admitted that in her recent birthday concert at the Big Dome. While she wished her eternal wish—the welfare of her family—she also made a candid confession that electrified the crowd further: love and freedom.
It was a deafening admission of what have yet eluded her.
While people can read allusions to her failed romances and a family whose overprotectiveness is legend, the 24-year-old once again articulated hopes that seem universal to people her age.
"Puwede na," she told the audience. But then she followed it up with, "Puwede rin 25, 26…"
The backpedaling was pure Sarah. She remains, as always, the good daughter.
Her family is sure to love her for it. And for fans, who know what it is to struggle between familial duty and the desire to be free and to be romantically loved, it will resonate even more.