angkinabuhi

I found a note of a girl and decided to tell the world about it…

Dear God, if you could make one miracle, could you please send me one? How long is the shipment? I’ll email you my address and all the information that you need. I need one badly… You’re the only person I know that could help me. I’ve asked everybody else but they refused.

I had a fight with my best friend this morning. She broke my pen and I was angry. She said she did not mean to break it but I was mad and shouted at her. She cried when I told her I can’t forgive her after what she did. It was my favorite pen, and I could never have one like it. She went home with a heavy heart and she would never want to go back to school not until she’d find the same pen that I had. She tried putting it together with some glue yet it didn’t work. Instead, she went to a bookstore to find that pen.

After a couple of hours, she was found lying in the street, drenched and all covered with blood. And the only thing she had in her hand was a pen and a little note that says “I finally found your favorite pen Jane, I’m sorry for messing up this morning.”

My best friend died. She was hit by a truck on her way to my house. I feel terribly bad about it. How will I tell Anna of how sorry I am for pulling her hair at school this morning? I need to tell her I was wrong for treating her that way. She was my bestest friend. I shouldn’t have shouted at her. I shouldn’t have told her I hate her.

One single miracle is all I ask Lord. Please let Anna open her eyes…

“When it’s too late, that’s when we realize our own mistake...” Anna didn't mean to break Jane's pen. Anna's life wouldn't have ended drastically if Jane forgave her. Do we have to lose someone before we'd tell them how sorry we were for taking them for granted? Life is too short to be wasted, learn to forgive and make the most of your time with people you care about...

We always look forward to every year’s Halloween celebration. I used to scare little children on the eve of All saint’s day. I would cover myself with a white blanket (as a costume) and walk barefoot along the pathway. It was just for fun and not much of a serious prank. My friend and I would laugh out at our silly tricks as we try to scare them away. We were like undercover-witches hidden-under-a -tamarind tree. My sister signals us every time someone would pass by and we’d prepare our scariest faces. Our parents wouldn’t mind getting our smelly blankets out the house as long us we’re having fun. It has been some kind of a “family tradition” that we wanted to pass on to our younger generation.

Three years ago, my sister and I got the chance to attend SM Cebu’s Halloween Fun Day. Just what I’ve been waiting when I was still a child. It was the first time we heard about “trick or treat” madness in town. The children would all line up in every boutique and ask for some candies and other yummy treats (as scheduled) for an hour. A Halloween costume contest was part of the activity. We were all excited to join and get my sister’s kids wear their loveliest costumes. I get a good grip of my nephew’s hand as we run and ask for candies at a store. Every year, we have been attending Halloween costume contests and parties with my nephew and niece. It’s one way of helping them boost their confidence and gain friends as well. Not to mention, it’s the third time that my nephew Shann Kim won best in costume at Mcdo’s Halloween fun day. He started joining at the age of five and he’s not stopping. His first costume was that of a vampire, then a wizard, a terrifying mummy-all-wrapped up with cloth and the latest as a Roman-mummy-soldier. He would really plan out what his costume would be like every year. Her sister Aya, has always been the sweetest lil’ fairy each year. She looks adorable in her pink fairy dress with a crown and a liltle wing on her back. But she is getting bigger and her dress is getting smaller. I guess I need to buy her a new costume next year!

It’s one of the events that Shann and I and the family look forward to every year. It’s a day filled with fun-scary laughs with the family. If I were a little younger, I’d definitely join Halloween fun day at SM and cover myself with my smelly white blanket! I wouldn’t mind walking on barefoot; it’s part of the fun anyway.