Get Well soon, Megan

On April 20, our dear friends' daughter, Megan, will undergo a very delicate surgery...   This is a very sad and trying time for the parents.... I pray to God that the surgery will be very successful and that Megan will fully recover from it... 

A prayer for Megan:

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness. O dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we place our worries in your hands. We place our sick under your care and humbly ask that you restore your servant to health again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge your will and know that whatever you do, you do for the love of us. Amen. 

The Miracle that is Margie Espino

It was, I think, the last Sunday of March 2009, when we went to see Margie for the first time after the incident in India...  Eric and I both wanted to visit her earlier, but were so busy at work, we had to postpone, considering the Asian Hospital is way over in Alabang, and we live in Malabon :) but now that we had found the time, I was not sure what to expect before we saw her...

I kept remembering the Margie I know...  vivacious, lively, happy....  and based on what I heard from Eric's friends from AIM and the blogs and emails that circulated, I couldn't believe that such an incident could happen to a very dear friend...  

I also remembered that Margie did a very good article on us and about our company last November... We even had plans of having dinner in December as some sort of reunion with my husband's friends and classmates at AIM... you see, Marge and Eric were classmates at AIM, taking up Masters in Entrepreneurship and my husband has every kind words to describe Margie...  when I learned that Margie was one of his groupmates, I was quite elated... because Margie used to be my "mentor" when I was still working with GMA Network, covering the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas... and she taught me then, a lot!  When we finally met (again), I asked her if she could remember, and she said, not quite, really :)  because it was about 12 years ago... but when I mentioned my boss' name then, that's when she remembered....

When I saw her at the hospital, I didn't know whether to cry or laugh...  Chet asked her if she knew us, and she immediately called our names!  It was a moment I will never forget...  It was a good thing that we came at a time that Margie was already fully awake and very alert...  though she still had some lapses, still, it was a very big improvement...  and I really hope and pray her health improves more everyday....

Margie serves as an inspiration to us... she is a fighter and she has fought to overcome a tragedy and make it a miracle...  To Margie and Chet, may the Lord bless you more and guide you everyday....  The miracle that Margie showed us proved that the in every step of the way and with God's full grace, we can overcome our greatest tragedies....