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It was an Accident.


It was a Thursday during my midshift lunch break when Lester and I scheduled to request NSO copies of our birth certificates and CENOMAR. It was very unusual of me riding the jeepney during rush hour going to Glorietta but apparently I saw a short queue at the loading area. I took the ride and jumped off in front of Rustans but the jeepney driver unloaded me on the second lane. I saw this huge bus in front of me while I was trying to cross the street so I decided to cross in front of the bus. I was too close from the bus's front that it hit my right upper arm and lost my balance. When I was almost in control, the bus still did not stop, hit my right arm and fell down on the steel drainage along Ayala Ave.

I was still able to manage to get up and immediately called my fiance. I saw him running while holding his cellphone, shouting at the bus conductor. Initial negotiations did not go well that I decided to just go to traffic police station for a blotter and go to the hospital for medical check.

My sister rushed to the hospital as well. My mom and dad were not in Manila so it was my sister and Lester who were there with me. I only got minor wounds, nothing serious but I still needed to get an x-ray to have my bones checked. While waiting for my turn, the gloomy environment in the waiting area invited me to reflect and realize things that have just happened.

I prayed to God, realizing He gave me a second life. I thanked His angels to tell the bus driver to stop because someone was hit. If not, I'd probably end up lifeless. Of course, I wasn't ready- I still have a wedding to prepare, a husband to take care of, a new house to live in and start my own family. It was during that period that I realized I almost died but God did not permit it to happen.

There must have been a more valid reason than looking forward to a wedding why I am still alive. Not only did I learn to cross the streets more carefully, but this taught me to cherish every moment and blessing that I have. Because anytime, God will ask us to return our borrowed life and we can never have it back.

 I thought it was a minor accident, but not. It was my second life.

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