CHAPTER 26
"BEFORE"
Ilang taon ang nakalipas simula nang umalis ako na may bigat sa puso ko. At first, I thought it would be easy for me to forget everything, but I was wrong; it was more difficult to abolish the things you used to do and focus on yourself.
For the first six months of my stay in Arizona, there are no days that I didn't think of him. Gabi-gabi ay lagi akong umiiyak dahil naaalala ko parin 'yong sandaling 'yon...kung paano niya ako habulin at pagmakaawang manatili sa tabi niya. It came to the point where I cried and asked my mom if I could go home.
It was tough at first to adjust everything you do and used to think of, but thanks to our business, I was able to use the opportunity and divert my affliction into other things. I involved myself in our industry, which became
