Days turned into weeks and weeks into months. Before I knew it, it has already been a year since my father and unborn child died. Ilang ulit na rin akong kinukumbinsi ni Auntie Miracle sa pamamagitan ng pagtawag na magtungo sa America. But I don’t feel like leaving the island. Hindi naman lihim sa akin ang pag-aalala ng lahat dahil sa kalagayan ko. I want to keep them at ease. I want to reassure them I’ll be fine. But I remember it had been my job from the very beginning: to make people, especially those around me, to see I have been doing fine and that there’s nothing they should worry about. Na anuman ang mangyari ay kakayanin ko kaya ang mga pag-aalala nila ay maaari na nilang dalhin sa ibang bagay.
I had always been and looked like a fragile girl to everyone. I guess it fueled me to
