Ate Roselle

Ate, I thank God for you.
I thank God for choosing you to be my ate, discipler, mentor, and friend. I thank God because you don’t sugarcoat things; you know I just need Jesus most. Thank you for not always being at my side, whether it’s circumstantial or not. Thank you for not entertaining my overthinking… Thank you for not insisting anything, it made me learn to decide in dependence to God. Thank you for not talking (not literally ha, haha) at times I just needed Your presence. Thank you for always laughing out things.Thank you for smiling even if times were hard and tough. Thank you for you wisdom, know that it is well-hidden. Thank you for opening your life and world to me. You were the love-person God gave me despite me.Your gentle, soft answer (bisan strong na gud) breaks the strong in me.  You were someone I never thought I could have;one of those very persons I don’t deserve (especially when I think about my shortcomings). And in my obsession to always do the right thing,you always come like God’s grace to me.

This is not goodbye.

Love lots,Rau :)

She's going to be in Thailand after a few more days. She's going to work there and who knows if she's gonna stay there for good. I'm gonna lose a great ate in her, and I'll be sad. She's one of those who knows me inside and out. In her silent stares and laughter, I've seen life.

Knowing her, she'll do well. 
But knowing our God, she'll thrive there.