Friends are flowers in the garden of life

Life is meaningful with our beloved friends. A friend who would always ready to be with us specially in this world of sufferings . Friends is like a garden in our lives sometimes it give us the scent of smoothness and sometimes it will not. But when this world happened we have to be strong and we must ready always so that friendship wouldn't stop and despite of this thing friendship blooms .Have we ever realized in lives who are they?For me, our real friends is our families because they take care of us, love us, support us with all condition and all aspects in life. We travel everywhere and anywhere there,we encountered many friends but still our hearts and feelings or emotions always playing with our thoughts. Families plays a great role in our community as of today. It's hard and painful to hear and think the hardest way in our lives that families broken up, children will affected their lives ruin including their future turns to darkness. As families when problems arises web must trust God our Almighty Father and put in mind that whatever happened we are together and be thoughtful to them. Talking of friends I remembered my uncle who already passed away when I'm in Grade 3 , my mother told me that my uncle had many friends, in his younger days. Every now and then, he is with them. He is so friendly and feel happy with them. When he got married, he had 2 kids and that time of their earlier days of marriage he got sick and there is no presence of friends on that time, so my mother told us that " friends is hard to find" and think that it's good to have them, but we think and realized that they only pass and through on our lives. The lesson for this and challenge myself to do what is right. Because of this, the wife of my uncle continued nurturing their children. As a single mother with 2 children it's not easy to fight for a living . She struggled and care her children . She showed her loved by taking care of them. Through God's care and guidance she would able to send my cousin to college and they've finished their studies . By this time, he's got a job and already married. He is now serving in the community as a policemen. He continued and inspiring other's that despite of everything . In every sacrifice we've made the fruit is real and happy life. He was married and have kids too. The stories of my uncle puts in my mind and gave me some learning too. As I turn back 2012 month of December when I'm 24 years old , we've encountered problems in life . My father died and that time were in our the stage of povertiveness . We seek and struggled very well. My family felt sad because of what happened, we help each other and continue for a living and most of all, prayed and offer this to the Almighty One. By 2014 I' m already 26 years of age but still I continued to fulfill my dreams in life. Life must go on despite of everything. I take courage and efforts studying very well and there were times that I won't and could not easily seek and find money for my daily needs as a student. I just continued working hard and put in my mind that I can do what I'm going to do. By 2018 , I graduated my four year course and were very happy of this special moments of my life. After that, I was very busy having a review, so that by taking the examination for Licensure , I will get the passing grade in having my review daily. I'm studying my lessons very well, from 7:00pm to 1:00pm.and wake up at 4:00 am and review again.I'm serious with my work because I have families who needed my help. We belong to indigent families and my mother supported us continued my dreams in life. And by the month of December 2018, it was our day I was taking the examination and I'm very excited waking up earlier, prepared myself and my things and I'm ready for the exam. I've arrived at school earlier and there, we have the examination .It was successfully done for 3 days . After the examination, I hope and pray the Almighty Father will give us what we want and need. And the days fast approaching , by January 2021 the result came and we knew from f*******: that I was able to passed the said exam BS- Criminology. My families was very happy upon knowing the result. And my brother and families felt happy too. And me,I was so thankful to God and celebrates it by having a simple dinner at home. By this time I continued and prepared myself again for applying. But even though I'm doing my effort , I have not able to exercise myself working my degree as criminologists yet, hence I have to comply then said requirements they needed for it, due to this pandemic too, that affects the world. Again, I continued seeking my job as dealer of basic needs selling perfumes and etc.to earn a living so that I could help my family . Despite of this things, I'm wishing that someday I could serve the community and can help to those who need my help. I'm becoming what I am now because of the love and care of my family and I'm so thankful for it and realized how importance the love of families as our real friends that never leave us and continuing their love and care now and forever. And I qoute" In every difficulties we've been encountered we just offer it to God the Father because at the end we won from the battle in life we've been passing behind , their was real friend waiting and eager to carry and we can lend on. Thou problems in life arouse I felt comfortable enough cause God says like footprints in the sand only one footprints saw that's because that carries my self. And live again without pain with my long lasting friend, my families. My Brother Joel's story This story was all about my brother Joel was now working and helping our needs. I started this on time when he was still very young. He was a fifth child in our family and when he was in Elementary grade level, he got an award as an honor student until he reached in high school. He was a smart,kind and intelligent young boy He exerted more efforts going to school with my younger brother Armando. Since our house was 1 kilometer away from that school they reached their hiking every day. They sacrifice themselves so that someday they could reached their goals in life. Our life is quite painful and I felt sad but life has it's own story. Life is continues. That time we are the benefactors of the DSWD program that helped as a lot for our daily needs .Every two months we children receiving a money helping our daily needs in school and in our home. There were conditions focusing the education, health factor for our lives until Joel got eighteen years old. We were very thankful cause their program benefits the life of the many. At that time too, I was working helping each other besides we have gardening in our surroundings at home, so that through this we can earned some vegetables for food. When Joel was in college my brother decided to work with my Aunt not so far from our house .Even he was a thin boy. I was very hesitated him at first, but he told that he wanted to go their as working student .He was working wake up at 4:00 am doing household chores until 3: 00 pm. After that he fixed themselves and going to school. Then the life as working student was not easy .He is in school until 9:00pm in the evening. He must hurried going home, because it was night time and he has no companion. He was there until 2 years. And decided to go home for reason, that when he was sleep there due to stress and his body needs to rest so he can sleep and waken the class up the class was over. When he went home, again he called me through phone and they talked each other .He said " Mom, I was already at home ,and he explained why, so I understand the situation and my mom said" It's okay we have accept you here because you are my child. It's not easy working then schooling and know how you divide your time. So, one day his friend called him that they were going to take the scholarship program sponsored by the RHL Global in our city . As I've known that project was from the government that helped the student going to college without enough income. So he take the examination and he was very happy that he was able to passed the exam .He reported to me, that he was a scholar , we have to find money for his travelling expenses only, so by that I agreed and he bought a T- shirt for his uniform. He bring lunch for his meal, so that he can saved money for his fare going to school and went home back. He sacrificed himself going there rain or shine .And time came he finished his schooling. He was already a "Draftsman ". Then time came, for their final evaluation, at first he felt very sad because his time wasn't enough to finish his work. His teacher ordered them to pass their papers finished or unfinished. Due to shorter time he wasn't finished yet answering his papers because as I've knew as his mother's in all subjects from Elementary to High School. He was not in favor in drawing. He was not fun of this kind of artworks, but this time was his destiny either. He was striving hard. He cried and went home not feeling good, he called at me regarding the situation and she felt down and frustrated on that time, that he was trying to do his effort but he won't ablep to pass his assessment. One week he stayed at home, and I was having advised and he listened to me. I told him not to discouraged that time he won't passed the assessment. I encouraged himself to do stronger and face the situation and pray and take again by next schedule for assessments. So, his mood calm down and realized that my advise was good for him. And second assessment comes in there he was ready to face this trial in his life aiming to fulfill his dreams. And thank God he was the first taker finishes his work at very early time. And he succeeded. He was very happy and our family too. And happily talking to me by phone that he passed the evaluation and I was very thankful that he made it. So, I told him, that every steps we made through , their success behind, we must be strong enough to accept and think positively cause everything will be okay. By August 11, 2017, he called his friend wanted to went their placed because their was hiring for that job. So, he went there for work. That was the first time that he was far away from our family. And as my mom, was not comfortable because he is very young , but all I have to do is to pray, so that every thing goes fine. At present he was still working there somewhere in Cagayan de Oro City. He was very happy upon having his work. Even in ups and down in. our life, even problems arouse sometimes in our life especially during this phenomenon happened in this world and affected the lives of many but still we trust God for everything goes fine and smooth way,if we followed his will and continue doing something good to all and most to our family as our depender in all times in our lifetime, no matter what they may happened, as long we had an open arms always ready to embraced our families wanting to help. My mom' s friends story Early morning last February 9, 2021 we've been going to coastal area where we've been having our outing with my closed friends. We wake up earlier in that morning before the occasion takes place. That night we cooked some food to eat. We prepared suman, rice put in the coconut leaves or what we called " puso" a visayan dialect of food a rice being cooked the purpose was to remained it's moisture. And we also cooked "adobo" pork and fish for the outing, sandwiches,nuts, softdrinks and more. We have to travel somewhere in Baganian area, there was a beach there a beautiful placed for swimming. The placed called Tabina. As we've heard the beach is a very nice and clean. The sea waters surroundings, the coconut trees cottages the rooms everything was good to looked at .The parking area, the beautiful garden of flowers surrounds us the fish pen was found there too. We've spent 2 hours before reaching the place from where we lived. We rode in a van .We're very enjoying ourselves upon arriving,the place safety seeing the clean blue waters, fronting to somewhere part of Cotabato City. So, the children including me and my mom and brother Armando preparing ourselves with our company friends for swimming. We swim from 9:00am -4:00 pm that day .We've enjoying ourselves ,playing in the sand, sat and putting sand in our feet we lied it there and children put sand only our head was not included. We've been having picture taking lying in the sand sitting in the sand like mermaids due to the sand put in our feet,the outlook like were like mermaids and after that we've. having fun swimming,taking pictures out there and playing. We eat there and swam again .That day was wonderful day to remembered. With my friends and we've been very happy together with them..Stress of work disappeared, so relaxing and every thing and everyone including our children felt happier. We forgot our problems beautiful memories appearing on that day. I don't forget those moments of my life. At 4:00 pm we fixed ourselves ready to go home, we keep everything in placed including our garbage so that we've been maintaining the area clean as we arrived there. It's not good leaving that placed untidy. So we clean the area before we leaved. We've been thanking the management for taking care of us while we were there. While were travelling home, it's been raining and the driver of the van was driving carefully, to avoid any incident. Since it was raining the surrounding was dark , not as good as we went there .We've been very thankful too that we arrived safely home. And at home, we fixed our things and all the children was tired enough having fun including myself and that early night. I was too sleepy, so we've sleep hat night happily and rise earlier for that wonderful things happened with my friends and families outdoor activities done in my life . I was so blessed to have friends like them. We' ve planned for the next time going their again with my families and planned to spent our time overnight. My mom's bestfriend " Manang Bining " There was also a saying in Tagalog dialect " Kapag may tiyaga, may nilaga "meaning when we have to sacrifice there we have something for food" . this story was all about my friend who was living in our place. Her life and efforts gives an exact example to the young generation, striving hard for the family. She is much older than me. She was 76/ years of age last August 20, 2021.She had 3 children 2 boys and 1 girl who was already married and his younger son . Only her 2nd son living with them with her husband who was also 76 years old last January 2021.We're 27 years at neighbors and friends .She is also my kumadre" because she was the godmother of my 5th son Joel .They we're kind to us, since we've been living in our placed where we lived now from the city. We've been transferred here, for some reasons that the placed where we lived before was being used by the owner . They put and build school for the college student in the city. So, we've been moving in our lot which was been bought by the foundation where we belong and paying this monthly until we own the small lot where our house built. My story is all about her because she was a hardworking mother with her husband too. When her daughter was with them they extent more efforts by selling anything like fruits, peanuts, vegetables, as long as what the people wanted in order to cater the needs of their son and daughter going to school. Waking up earlier,going to the market bring those things in order to cope up with their daily needs and specially that those time her older daughter was already in College ,until she graduated last 1994 that was the moment that we've been residing in the placed where they lived too. Our friendship becoming closer and closer . She's like my mother and father taking care of us. When my children was in Elementary since our water was far from our house, they've made it for us .They fetch water for us, because I was my children at home and my husband at that time wasn't there, he's at work. Every weekend he's at home only .So as to times goes by her younger brother married and her elder was got married, and lived at her husband placed,somewhere in Oroquita City. There her life with her husband as I've know from my friend that they were both working with her husband and the one who take care of her father and mother in- law was already passed away. Every now and then before her elder daughter visited them, but since pandemic threatened the lives of many people globally she wasn't visited her mother, anymore. There were moments talking each other about our families and missed those moments that we've been together. And I've also encouraged her, that time will come that everything will be okay. During weekend or every Sunday noon we've been having our weekend activities, spiritual value formation, Bible sharing .We've the same religion and a devotee. There lives lives gives us lessons, even they were an aged persons ,they've been enjoying and loving each other . Taking care of themselves which inspired the young ones to idolized them that even in pain they still survived, before and until their life ends, it's only God knows our lives living this world full of meaning and trials. But as long as were done our role as parents we've been and happy doing our families. My Brother's Life Story I have five brothers namely,Brian,Judy,Edgar Jr. Joel and Armando the youngest. We were six in the families. I was the 2nd child and only girl in the family.I was boyish girl because this maybe the reason for I was the only girl in the group. We'll taking back to my brothers during our younger age, Brian was three years older than me .He was born last May 25, 1985 and he was able to finished his highschool. He studied and enrolled in Tesda and finished as plumber and a paintor of houses and vehicles. When he was with us working he also sold balot an egg cooked, to helped our families financial needs, since our father dies. As an elder brother helping my mother to earn money for a living and since he was still single until this time and working in Manila as a delivery boy with my younger brother named Edgar Jr. Talking back my elder brother when he was at the age of nine, he got an accident he was being hit by a mobile vehicle when he when we were living in the city .Our family suffered that time,everything was not feeling good,worrying the big problem and trials in life. That time I was still young able to saw that our families,having this phenomenon in life was not easy. My brother was 50/50 at that time and the doctor told my mom to air left my brother since the city has no enough materials and devices that could cater the patient. So my mother and my father went to Cebu City. At that following day ,Me and my younger brothers with my Aunt left at home with my younger brother Edgar Jr.who was 8 months old at that time .My Aunt Leodegaria o Ludy the sister of my father ,took us me and Judy brought us to their home somewhere in our city .We goes to living the period of 1 month and were happy knowing that my mom and Dad arrived with my brother safely from Cebu. There my mom told us their experienced there .There situations and feelings during my brother was in Neurons word during his operation and were so very much thankful to God that everything will be okay. They arrived at home safely, and my brother maintaining medicines good for one year Php 280.00 per bottle and 2 bottles was consumed with in the month. We've been striving hard and thanks we've been recovering those moments of life. There, we have friends families helping us and especially to our manager of the foundation a nun who's residing in Cebu ,under the Daughter of Charity Congregation who would extended her deepest support during those time because my mom was an active member of the said foundation also.Every quarter my mom with my brother Brian went to Cebu City for check-up there were times that the typhoon hit Cebu when they will still there. My mother has some relatives in Cebu and they also visited my mom there while they stayed out the Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital. So we were very thankful that even those moments we've been able to solved and my brother recovers, at first it:s quite and easy to adjust ourselves but on and on it turns okay and recovered everything. And were happy hearing that by this coming December he is planning to go home and have his work here in Mindanao. He talked to his boss upon going home soon and hence our city is fast developing where more buildings plan to be constructed. He being a painter he could easily got a job. And besides that my younger Judy was there too in Manila working as a factory worker. At first he was working in the oil company and since he got an accident there too, his hands was swollen, due to the liquid used for cleaning put into his hands ,one month he suffered pain. And decided to apply again another agency for work. This time he was working the company wherein sometimes 3 times a week, due to pandemic affects the situation .If there's no message, no work at all and stayed at home. Life was not feeling good a and easy .His income not enough for his daily consumption but he has to understand him the situation, due to this pandemic season. And sometimes we talked by phone call talking and sharing our life. And beside that as I've been told by brother planned to go abroad and I do hope that he fulfill his dream.