IT HEALS

Early this month when I went home to Salay, Misamis Oriental (mah place n home sweet home, yeah!) my Mom told me how my brother was saved from death back when he was a high school freshman. Of course I knew he was sick but I didn't have the details since I was only in the 3rd grade back then, I must say that to hear it at this maturity reduced me to tears. You see, I come from a very sickly family. My cousin and best friend died when we were in the junior high of Acute Pulmonary Hypertension (secondary), of course my older brother as I've mentioned and well, me. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis since I was 12 years old and my heart has been floppy and weak since college.

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Going back to my bro, he got sick in a disease that only affects 1 person out of the entire Philippine population at that time, my parents brought him to Cebu City for treatment but the specialist told my Mom that he is dying and there is NOTHING they can do about it, my Mom being a Physician understands. My Aunts and Cousins are mostly nurses so they suggested to just take my brother home to Cagayan de Oro City to wait for him to rest in a hospital there where it is practical. Obviously, my Mom tried everything and she had nothing left to do so at that night she talked to God and said that she will just leave my brother at his mercy that whatever God plans will be done, no more resistance. Well, guess what? 3AM the following day my brother began to speak and his vital signs stabilized something the experts and my Mom can't explain.

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I don't know why my Mom told me this but it made me realize how beautiful it is to trust God. I will never forget the lessons she taught me: "Always ask for the Lord to have the Serenity to accept the things that cannot be changed, to have the Courage to change things that can be changed and for the Wisdom to know the difference". It heals more than medicine, literally...