it was not an ordinary day

Every morning me and my wife rise up early for the market.It's a a daily routine or shall I say a daily date. When we got home, my mother was so dizzy, high blood maybe. so I rushed her to the hospital. when we're on the hospital the emergency room was not that busy. she underwent a couple of lab test good to hear its not that serious. we have to stay...waiting for her blood pressure to normalize. Boredom came to me after 10 minutes. everything that moves never slips my keen eye.

some nurse chats ..some are busy, then a loud cry caught my attention. a baby girl beside my moms bed, nurses huddled around her. I learned that the nurse cannot get a strong vein for the dextrose. The child is dehydrated, has a high fever and pale. she badly needed fluid. though her mother never talks you can see in her eyes that she's panicking. she cannot put the lip of mineral water bottle easily on her child mouth, she trembles and when the nurse talks she just stare as if she cannot comprehend on what is happening. It's been four hours since they arrived. almost everyones eye in the room is on them, "Lord please help this child" I whisper and I know that I am not the only one whose praying for her. after a few minutes the nurse shout's "thank you lord". The dextrose has been placed and the stream of life saving fluid flows.

her mom broke in tears, some people in the room did. well I must admit, tears almost fell on the edge of my eyes. We chit-chat with the mother and told us that its been 2 days that the child is in high fever and when asked why she didn't bring her child "wala po kasi kaming perang kahit pamasahe papunta dito while crying" ( we don't have money even fare to go here).

Maybe God did it on purpose. He put us beside that girl to open our eyes. To learn and be thankful on what we have.I learned that life can changed suddenly and may caught me flat footed. I've learned that even the darkest side of life, there are people who suffers more than you do. The mother, who sometimes cannot buy medicines no money for the fare to bring the child to the hospital. still clings and believe to God. And what a contrast to most of us who are quick to point out to our misfortunes when caught with our mistakes. In them, I've learned to hope for things when things seem to go the other way.

I may lost all of my money on my pocket that day but I gained a fortune on how to go through on this journey called life.

I know that God cares for them far more than I do. That though He allowed them to experience such a terrible life which our finite minds cannot comprehend, His unquestionable love will surely follow them through.

I know their time will come...a time they will not regret that they trust their life to God.