Ma'am Cherry...

Ma'am Cherry, a cancer survivor from West Visayas State University,and still smiles bloomingly.

Ma'am Cherry was a teacher of our adviser, Ma'am Bataga and she became our visitor or talker for this day.

she had a beautiful hair. color brown with a touch of red at every strand. 

she talked about being a good leader or finding the leader inside us.

she was pale white and she had beautiful eyes and beautiful enthusiasm. she had courage on discussing the things we need to do for us to be the greatest leader. she then made us watch a movie about some disabled kids and adults that are being strong even if they are struggling with their daily life to make it as normal as possible. 

one movie clip showed about a "man with no limbs". the man was short and he had only one foot with 2 or 3 fingers. when this man was still a child, our teacher said that he was suppose to be aborted. but our teacher said that the pills didn't take full effect on the baby. so the baby boy was forced to be introduced to the world even if he has no limbs. the man acted like he was just one of us. normal human being, roaming in the park, brushing his own teeth, surfing the web, but it was a hard for the man to do those things, especially when you can only use your feet. the man asked "why me? out of all the people in the world." well, Ma'am Cherry said, "everybody has a purpose in life...", "god gave you a purpose in life, you just have to look for your GOAL and your MISSION". that struck me. because i always say "why am i still here? i think its better if i wasn't introduced to the world. nobody would get hurt around me, no one will bully me and i wont suffer my everyday struggles with my school and family...". then Ma'am Cherry said "a person only has one life... you should live your life to the fullest..." even if i live my life to the fullest, i still encounter my daily struggles and my life is going to be hard and uneasy. then suddenly, Ma'am Cherry made some of our classmates touch her hair. 

she made them describe how it felt, and how it looks. my classmates answered "its smooth and it looks beautiful..." we got shocked when Ma'am Cherry pulled her hair out slowly as we all popped our eyes out and felt like crying. as i looked at her, i then realized that she was facing more trials than i was. as i look at her eyes. i then thought of the man with no limbs, if he was facing the same trials as Ma'am Cherry's. i felt like crying as she discussed what she faced during her cancer days. 10 lymph nodes were taken from her arm. i forgot why. but as she keeps on smiling every time she says a word, i know that she went through hard times just so she could try to forget how it felt. i don't know why, but i feel so eager to become her friend. even if she's a teacher. her talk made me realize that i should love my friends and enemies, because i will never know when god will take them from me... i think i have to be friends with a certain girl again. i'm just waiting for her to accept me again... to accept me as her best friend again...