At last I'm now sweet 16

On the 15th of January 1991, me, a cute baby was born named Elaine Reina Miranda. This 2007, I just turned sweet 16. I was so thankful to God that he allowed me to live this far. I hope that he would still give me more happy years to come. I guess this is another year of laughters, cries, tensions, worries yet I am still hoping to survive after all of these obstacles. The past fifteen years had been years of ups and downs but I'm still here existing and writing this blog. It only implies that I am a survivor after 15 years of struggles for God is always there to pick me up when I was down. Without him, I would not come this far. I celebrated my sweet 16 birthday with my family since it is a holiday after the ASEAN Summit. When I woke up, I hurriedly looked at my cellphone to check who texted me since that is my first thing to do when I woke up. I read the message of my mom greeting me a happy birthday which put a big smile on my face though I know that my mom is just in the other room. My friends and my classmates also greeted me with wishes of more luck and happiness for my new year. I was so happy to read those messages. I went out of my room and received a big hug and a sweet kiss from my mom with a bithday greeting. My sisters and my brother also greeted me and I felt so grateful to them. We prepared food like fruitsalad, ice cream, chicken, pork adobo,lechon baboy and also cake. We ate together happily and I realized that after my 15 years and until my 16th that my family had always been there supporing me. My birthday was very satisfying since I celebrated it with the most important persons in my life. I felt how lucky I am having a family in which I belong. I still celebrated my birthday happily despite of the fact that it is my 2nd birthday without my dad. Partly, I was sad since I miss him so much. How I wished I had the chance to hear him again greeting me a happy birthday with a loving hug. If only I could turn back time. But I know that he is now with our creator and I know that if he is still here, he is the first person to greet me. I'm sure that my dad is happy for me. I recognized his presence during my birthday. I did not end the day without going to the cemetery to visit my dad. Generally I am very happy during my birthday. I celebrated it with the people who love me so much and always there for me. Though my dad was not there, I know he was there celebrating with us. Thank you God for giving me a happy family and kindly take care of my dad.