honeybeediaries
"My Hidden Secret" Is based on a real-life story about a 15 year old girl named Heaven, who fell for a 19 year old college student named Santiago at a fast food restaurant; the boy that would secretly change her life forever. Her strong faith in God, helped her strive through the hardest times she had during those 3 months she knew him. That girl in the story was me; and that hidden crush I had on Santiago, that still lingers today after 3 years. Santiago wasn't supposed to be part of my life, nor did I ever know someone like him existed. I used to think they were only fictional boys that I would see in Chinese dramas! He showed me there are real boys who love not girls who are always trendy or overly mature, but girls that are young at heart and are filled with love sometimes they are too scared to show. "Some secrets are meant to be kept, but some are just too beautiful to hide." Fun fact: I used to call my book "Our Secret" but, I felt it was more about me than us together until the end of the book. Fast forward 3 years today, Santiago is now 22 and is a teacher. Never in my million years did I think a sweet 19 year old cashier would be a teacher! I guess he fits that career so well; his kindness and patience is what a teacher needs to run a whole class. Even now I still miss him, the way he treated me and how I felt safe around him, but things do come to an end and this is the end of my story that I thought would never exist. I still pray every day that if he wasn't meant to be mine, that God will give him a girl who is sweet, caring, supportive, loving and the reason he will always have that bright smile. One that takes him to church when he feels alone and needs a safe space to go. I am 18 now, and our story ends when this is published which hurts me so much, but I can be happy and joyful because he wasn't a fairy tale or a fictional character; he was a real main lead. "Our story began when I was 15 and he was 19 and ended when I was 18 and he was 22." ♡