Survivor

I am a survivor.

As I look back down memory lane, I am overwhelmed with the many obstacles that came my way but I survived.

I owe it to God, to my family, friends and anonymous people who somehow became instruments for me to survive.

Let me tell you a story..,

One time my shout out over at FB was "define STRESS",..my Mommy Maloy commented that after everything I've been through, I shouldn't be stressed anymore, in other words stress should not be in my vocabulary. My Mom Maloy was one of the few who stood by me when the world was against me. I remember when I had surgery way back January 3, 2005, she was one of those worried sick about me because at that time, I didn't have family to take care of me. Although my Father insisted that he'd fly to Manila in order to take care of me but I refused because it was too expensive and I didn't want to bother him. I'm a big girl now, I thought and I can take care of myself but deep inside of course I wanted my Papa by my side. I stayed at the hospital for 7 days. My friends Haidee and her sister Melinda would take turns to be with me at the hospital. My cousin Agnes who miraculously discovered me there would drop by whenever she was not busy since she was finishing her medical residency. Occasionally, some office mates would visit and brought me some goodies and there was Ye my good friend then, now my husband who despite being criticized for taking care of me at the hospital, went out of his way to help. There is so much goodness in him no wonder I’m his wife now. After the surgery, I had what they call a spinal headache. I couldn’t elevate my head because it would cause me a very painful headache, and so I just had to lie down most of the time until I get better with the help of medication. A nurse aid would visit me every morning to bathe me, and a mysterious nun came praying for me while I was asleep although no one confirmed there was a nun who visited me in my room. Spooky isn’t it?
This experience taught me a lot about relying in myself and getting help when badly needed.

I am strong, but I also need help sometimes.

We must admit that we cannot endure everything on our own and it’s ok to ask for help when we need it.

With the overwhelming chain of events that's been happening in my life, I must say that God really loves me. He keeps me strong and He always provides a way out from all my problems through the people around me.

That is why I continuously survive.

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