One event that had changed my life entirely would be the divorce of my parents when I was 7. As we know, growing up has never been an easy task, and being in a broken family just makes it harder. I never had functional parents, those who would shower me with tender loving care, catch me when I fall and assure me that everything is okay because I still have them around. They were busy mending their broken lives, so I had to fix mine on my own. Thus, I grew up making my own decisions, making my own set of values and principles I want to live and abide by. I knew that I was alone, but I wanted to be strong for myself, and for my parents who needed me more than anything else. I was trying to live my life as correctly as I knew how to. However, much as I try, my decisions did not land me in the right places all the time. During the rebellious stage of my life, the unreconciled angst within me grew. I could not understand why it must be my life that all these unfortunate events are happening. I resented this fact and started to doubt reason of my existence. Negative thoughts came creeping in and it got a hold on me. I’ve never felt so lonely before. At my lowest, I really found no reason to go on anymore. There were times I really wanted to give up on whatever little I had. But somehow, God kept me alive. Amidst all the struggles and insecurities, I managed to draw strength from Him and from my friends. And I found the answers to all my doubts in them. Now, I believe there’s a greater reason why I had to go through what I went through when I was younger. It’s not merely just to torture me or test my threshold for pain. But it is an experience to identify with all those teenagers out there that is going through what I did. I found hope when I thought my life was almost over, I found strength and I found life, because I had people who were there for me regardless of circumstances. This made me want to be that somebody in other people’s lives too. I knew how hard it is to struggle with your own identity without help, how lonely it gets when your family – who is supposed to be always there for you, is perpetually unavailable. I want to let them know that there is hope in the darkness, and there is really someone out there who understands and is willing to go through gloomy situations with them. This, seemingly breaking point of my life, became the turning point of my life. It changed the way I viewed life entirely, and I’m really thankful that it happened because without it, I wouldn’t be who I am today.

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Gonna submit this in. Pretty raw thoughts. But ohwells, written from the bottom of my heart. God, thanks for creating me and loving me. Thanks for this love that You've given me. Thanks for even believing in me. <3