Let's Revisit My Childhood Days!!!

As you might have read in my Day 2 Entry, the first fact I wrote about myself was "I'm an only child, but I had a fantastic childhood!"

I consider my childhood days as one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Well, before I turned six years old, my life was difficult. I was so sickly, that I was often at the hospital. My parents used to worry too much about me because I was convulsive. The doctors at various hospitals told my parents that if I'm still convulsive after I reach my sixth year of life, there's a high possibility for me to become epileptic.

Good thing is, all these terrible conditions and symptoms disappeared. Well, except for my asthma. I'm still asthmatic up to this day, but unlike before it's quite manageable now. I only need to have some anti-asthma medication, then I'd be OK.

After surviving the convulsive episodes and asthma attack for years, I started to enjoy my childhood days at the age of six. I was in the first grade that time and I lived in a compound with me family and extended family and relatives.

I grew up with some of my cousins in my mother's side. We watched anime, draw something, play outside like Filipino games, basketball, pretended to be ninja and went ghost hunting together.




This particular cousin of mine is my ultimate favorite! He's like a big brother to me. He's the one who influenced me with anime and drawing. He's really good at drawing and I have been idolizing him ever since. Now, there are some distance between the family because of family misunderstandings and issues, but I still keep in touch with him. He already has a family of his own with two handsome sons.

That's me and him on the right. This was when grandma was still alive. The last time I saw him was during grandma's funeral. He will always be my big brother. <3



I am also pretty close to these two here. They didn't live with us in the compound, but they visit the place every weekend. Grace is my favorite female cousin. She's only a few months older than me, so we share a lot of secrets even up to this day. I also really love this lady. Juden, her younger brother, is also dear to my heart.

When I was a child, we used to play together... when I was in high school, even though I lived in the countryside, we sometimes meet and hangout. When we became University students and now working adults, we still bond with each other. They made my life much easier to live and handle. :)





I only get to see my cousins in my father's side during summer. Despite that, we have a really nice bond. Every time I'm there, they all gather in my grandparents' house. We'd all stay in one room and stay up the whole night talking, singing, playing or just doing nothing together.

I had my life's greatest summer vacation with them. We'd go to the beach or visit my grandpa's land in the mountains. Spending time with them was always an adventure.

I am truly grateful to grow up surrounded by my cousins. Things might have changed these days, but the memories and the bond that we created when we were young would always be there. It will always have a place in my heart.

My childhood was awesome because of them and I will forever be grateful for it. Without my cousins, it would have been pretty lonely and boring.

Of course, I wanted to have my own siblings. I wanted a big brother and a younger sister. However, because of my health condition, my parents decided not to have another kid. Despite that, I found the siblings I've always wanted to have through my cousins.

To be honest, I really hope the misunderstandings and issues between my parents' and their siblings' generation would end. Of course, it's nice to live life away from toxic people, but I really want to bring back the old days. Those days when we only cry because of physical wounds we get from playing too much.

If I could relive a part of my life, I would definitely go back to my childhood days! Days of no worries and no what ifs.
Of course there were sad days, but we healed faster back then, didn't we?

Thanks for checking out my Day 18... See you tomorrow for Day 19! 😘😘😘