FRIENDSHIP HOME, 2003 – 2007
Hard work and respect. These were the two virtues my father taught me before he died in 2007. Despite the great loss, life had to go on as my father would have wished. Upon graduation from high school, I had high hopes of moving on to college. Then came another blow: my mother said I had to stop studying for a while to give way to my two siblings. As the sole breadwinner, she could no longer send all her three children to college. Although my heart was broken there was no other way for me but to abide by my mother’s decision.
Thanks to Friendship Home I was able to enroll and finish a four-year BS Nursing course in Concordia College. I have also passed the government’s licensure examinations and am now a full-pledged Registered Nurse. In between submitting my job application to different hospitals, I am presently taking care of my nephew who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Hard work and Respect. In addition, the virtues of Service and Compassion, these are the seeds of life that Friendship Home has ingrained in me and which I will carry as I seek to be a healer among the sick.