Life's hardest question.

This morning we all went straight to makati for my li'l sisters yearly check up on her scoliosis. She was being her usual perky self and I was happy to see that. It was my first time to come with my parents and Leeyan to get her vertebral column checked and see how it is doing. I already saw the xray photo of her spine but that was years ago and I forgot how the bend on her back looks like. This morning I saw it again. Then it came to my senses that it wasn't really something to be taken lightly. That moment i felt how my parents would feel everytime they would go to the doctor. It was scary. mind boggling...It was a very tense situation. I found myself talking to God asking Him to give my sister strength and help her grow healthier and stronger. i felt really scared for her. I was really anxious about what the doctor would say this time. The doctor told her to lie down so he could check her reflexes. Fortunately, it was all normal. (Sometimes, the bend on the back affects the spinal cord.) Well, comparing it to last year, nothing changed. And somehow thats good news. I still want to thank God 'coz the situation didn't get worse. (But it didn't improve either, and in reality, there is a small chance that it will.) So it was a relief hearing that. "So, I'll be seeing you again next year", said Dr. Gomez and he gave Leeyan his big smile like last time.

But something bothered me... The doctor held up Leeyan's x-ray photos. She saw her spinal column like last year and pretty much like the years before that. Of course she didn't have the slightest clue what that bend on her back was. She seemed happy that time,,smiling and asked dad, "lahat ba ng tao ganyan?"

No one answered.

Heh. I didn't know how to answered that either. I just felt like hugging her.

Just proud of our li’l princess. Seeing her for the first time ice skating alone. It just shows how she is bravely she's growing.