20th November 2008

“Good morning Delilah!” greets a guy in white and blue uniform while I was walking, few steps away from the log in area. I’ve been in the company for two months and the security people seemed to have got used of my presence in the log in area and never missed a morning without giving me a smile while I ask them what time I arrived. I was a couple of minutes late as usual. This is going to be another ordinary day in the office, I sighed.

Everything went normal in the office as I expected. This day however isn’t as normal as the days past. I again left home few days ago. But this time, I’m no longer alone. My younger sister and a cousin actually set out the plan how we three could leave the house. It was the 13th of November. While I was in the office, my partners in crime migrated to our new home, (not so far from home though) bringing with them our bags of clothes. We left home primarily because of my Mom. As to why such a reason, I prefer not to write more details on.

I realized why experiences kept on repeating themselves and I learned that there still are bunch of lessons to be learned every time. Anyhow, no matter how depressing the previous days were, I could say that this day shouldn’t be numbered as one of them. I still have a lot of things to be grateful and happy about this day, hoping that every 20th of a month since now will no longer be one of those ordinary days for me and that someone so special. I was actually expecting him to fetch me from the office to my home today and he did. We went straight home as usual but just to give this day a special touch, he gave me three roses of different colors when we arrived home. And I very much appreciate them just as I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the giver. Flowers really are very much like stress absorbers. For me, they are nature’s gift to get relief from even just for a while. They won’t last that long yet before they fade, they wither with my despair. They turn ugly after absorbing somebody else’s heavy burden for days just like they always do for me. I really couldn’t think of a perfect word to express how much I am grateful for the giver of these flowers. All I can say now is that I love him and that having him in my life now is just one proof that my Heavenly Father never abandoned me. I know He never will.

There’s more in my life to be happy and grateful about after all. I have a decent job. I have my friends. I have my sister and my cousin. I have my father and my brothers. I have the giver of the flowers whom I love so much. Most of all, I have my loving Heavenly Father and my Savior. My life though far from being perfect will just be as beautiful as those lovely roses as long as I have my dear ones to share my joy with and together we’ll learn the lessons of our repeated experiences.