One Shot Stories

"A Gift from God"

This will inspire you to help more people.

"Hey Jacob, come here i'm gonna tell you something" tawag ko sa anak kong naglalaro sa kayang Ipad.

"What is it daddy?" tanong nya saken nang makalapit sya sa kitatayuan ko.

Lumuhod ako sakanya para magkalevel na kami.

"I got promoted!" masiglang sabi ko sakanya habang pumapalakpak pa na parang bata.

Jacob and I are so happy in just a simple things. We are not rich also we are not poor. Kumbaga ay nasa middle class kami, you know yung may 'kaya' lang sa buhay, kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw.

Kaya nang mapromote ako sa work I immediately planned to go to the mall for the celebration accompanied by my son.

I lost my wife 2 years ago. Hindi dahil sa nagcheat ako o siya, it's because of an car accident. And it's still fresh on my memory so i'm still on recovering myself of what happened last 2 years.

It's hard to to be a mother-father to our son but I refuse to think that thing because my wife still on my me, in my heart. She will be happy for me if she's here.

Napatigil ako sa pag-iisip nang marinig ko ang tawag ng aking anak.

"DADE!!! WHERE ARE U NA? I THOUGHT WE'RE KO GOING TO THE MALL?" patanong na sigaw nya saken halatang inis na dahil sa tagal ko sa loob ng room ko.

Ayan kase bring back memories pa more!

"I'm coming baby, just wait for me there" sagot ko sakanya para matahimik na sya sa pagsigaw.

He was just 7 years old pero parang mas matured na sya mag-isip saken at habulin ng chicks mana saken, well.

Namasyal kami sa mall at bumili ng damit nya tsaka kumain sa favorite Mcdo. After non ay pumunta kami sa Toys Store.

I gave him 2k so he can buy the toys he want.

"You can go somewhere na daddy. I can manage to buy toys." he said cheerfully

"But baby you're 7 year old kid. What if you lost?" pag-alalang sabi ko sakanya. Napakunot naman ang noo nya ng sabihin ko yung word na 'kid'.

"Dad, i'm not a kid anymore i'm an adult, go on na daddy buy everything you din, byee dad" he sounded like a matured boy, habang tinutulak na nya ako palabas ng store.

"Okay okay fine son you win, just be careful ha" tinignan ko sya habang palayo.

I waited an hour before he came back. Nagtaka ako kung bakit wala syang dalang mga paper bags na may lamang toys nya, hanggang ngayon na nakalapit na sya saken ay hawak nya pa reng ang perang binigay ko sakanya.

"Where are your toys? pagtatakang tanong ko. Iniintay ang sasabihin nya.

"C'mon daddy" hatak nya saken palabas ng mall.

Nagtataka pa rin ako sa kinikilos ng anak ko. Huminto kami sa isang matandang lalaki na nakaupo sa may tabi ng isang garbage trash sa kalye, may sapin na karton ang inuupuan nya at madungis na ang kanyang itsura. He's holding a plastic cup that contains a coins on it. Poor man.

Naawa ako bigla pero nawala yon agad nang ilagay ng aking anak ang 2k sa plastik cup na binigay ko sakanya kanina pambili ng toys. The people behind us are staring to my son, giving the money to the poor man, ang iba ay vinideohan pa. They can't believe the kid can do that, sacrificing his wants to a poor man. My heart melt when he did that infront of me, he is a gift.

"Excuse me? Are you the father of this child?" a stranger man asked me while pointing my son.

"Yes" tipid kong sagot.

"We saw him inside on a Toy Store earlier, he pick a lot of toys but he stop picking up some of those and realizing something. Pinagmasdan ko lang kaya vinideohan ko ang gagawin nya. His sudden act made me shocked. " pagkwekwento nya dahil sya ang nakakita sa anak kong nasa loob ng Toy Store kanina.

"What did he do to the toys?" pagtatakang tanong ko sakanya habang inaantay ang susunod nyang sasabihin.

"He returned the toys in the toy shelves. At nakita kong lumabas sya kasama ka na at hatak hatak palabas ng mall hanggang sa dumiretso kayo dito sa poor man at binigay nya ang perang dapat ipambibili nya ng laruan. How good right? Your son made a lot of people realized that what age you are, poor, rich or gender you are, you can help the people. "

"Your son is gift from God." puri nya sa anak ko habang nakatingin doon.

"Thank you so much" pagpapasalamat ko sakanya habang mangiyak-ngiyak na lumapit sa anak kong kinakausap na ang lalaking tinulungan nya.

I hugged him infront of the people.

"Daddy i'm sorry I can't buy toys, lagi ko po syang nakikita dito kapag nadaan tayo" pointing the poor man. "Kaya nung binigyan nyo po ako ng money I won't waste the time to help him." pageexplain nya saken parang nagmamakaawang magagalit ako sakanya.

"No don't be sorry baby. You did a great job today, mommy will be happy if she's here too seeing you do that. I'm so proud of you Jacob so proudd baby" naluluhang sabi ko at niyakap na sya ulit.

The video went viral all over the world. I can't believe the stranger will post the video. A lot of people commented on the video.

"Omg! This video made cry"
"This is jesus!"
"Dapat tularan rin ng ibang tao ang ganitong bata"
"The parents of this kid is so proud of him"
"This kid is a gift!"

Ilan lang yan sa mga nabasa kong comments na nakagaan ng loob at sobrang proud ako sa anak ko.

writer's note:
      We people made us to help who needed it the most. We are not here in the earth to spread hate or do some bad things. We are here to help each other. I hope you will do the same thing as my kid.