Sanity

CHOICE

             

I remembered everything like it was yesterday, her glistening brown eyes and long wavy hair that brushed by a light breeze in the air. It was as if an angel was approaching me. She was that beautiful. I never thought someone as beautiful as her could ever exist. It was too good to be true and I was right, unbelievable true.

On the 7th of November 2001, I was born was told that it was not a joyful day for anyone, I was diagnosed with countless of complications and that caused a lot of money for my dad. He had no choice but give me away to one of my grandaunts, and I was under her care for almost eight years. She took me to parks, sent me to school, fed me the right food, keeping in mind that there was a long list of food I couldn't take. She used to sing me a lullaby and tucked me into bed, being the last person to fall asleep in the family and the first to be wake the moment the sun rose. In my eyes she was a hero, I told myself that I wanted to be just like her when I grew up.

Life was great up until she fell sick and lost all her strength to take care of me. That posed as a big issue on my dad and after a month of my grandaunt falling sick, he finally found a solution to keep me under the care of someone younger, healthier. That was when she came into my life. She came to my the rescue and that was how the name 'Angel' came around.

Of course when she came, I didn't know the reason as to why she was there and she always had a big smile on her face. As a little girl, although I admired her, I was shy to talk or get close to her. I did not want to make some kind of mistake that would make her dislike me. Then she spoke up and introduced herself, and that was when I found out who she really was. I could not believe it, I thought to myself, how could someone as beautiful as her be related to me?

Soon after, I found out that I had to make a decision in my life. I was given two choices; to either continue living with my grandaunt or to live under the care of this beautiful woman before me.

When I was eight, I had my most favorite person, that was my grandma, she was everything to me. She was my life and she lived with the angel that is my aunt. When I was thought of the decision she was right there, by my side. I was thinking about all the things that I had here with my grandaunt, that I will miss her so much. After all, she was the one who took care of me ever since the first step I took on my own. Nevertheless, I took it into consideration that she was ill and could not take care of me anymore. I did not want to put that kind of burden towards her especially with the sickness that she had. I couldn't do that to her as much as I wanted to be by her side forever.

That was when I decided to take the biggest choice of my life, that is to live with my aunt instead. I turned to my grandma and told her how I would live with her and my aunt. Her face brightened up instantly and immediately told my aunt about my decision. Her face glowed up too and she seemed to be the most happiest person on this planet. I knew that my life was going to have big changes from the first step, walking in a new house. She gave me a big hug and told me to get ready for the next day. That would be the day that I would move in with her. The day where it all began