Friendship Taken For Granted

I never knew a time will come in my life when I would really regret having "forgotten" my friends. It's just that... they come and go -- and some of them really just stay around, silent, no hi and hello, no how are you, nothing -- but you know that you know them; you know they're your friends.

A friend, some time around 3 weeks-to-a-month ago, said hi to me in Facebook after a long time of silence between the two of us. Apparently, she was looking for me for a good number of weeks already. I said hi back and she asked if she could call. I agreed.

I found out that she is badly, badly sick (clots-forming-in-her-heart kind of sick) and she was trying to get in touch with ALL her friends. She needed to be operated on, yes, but she did not ask for monetary help. She just wanted to get in touch with all her friends before she gets admitted to the Heart Center. Once she gets in and go under the knife, she knew, that she may not see the light of day again.

I almost cried when she told me about her operation. We have been very good friends for years now, and I have always seen her as the incarnation of life, energy, and happiness. Really, these things happen to the best of us.

Now she's getting a cardiac catheter and was advised by the doctors/surgeons that this procedure she will undergo is very high risk and has never been done in the Philippines.

We take friends for granted. We may admit it or not, but we do.

At this point in time, I fear for my friend's life. I did my best to keep her brave and strong for her operation -- and now that she's about to go under the knife, all I could do is pray for her.

Let's not wait for life to bring occasions such as this to our friends. They are part of who we are. Let's not let them down.


Mabel, hermana y amiga, que Diós te guarde y cuide. Te amo.

~spanishdude