The Boy Who Stutters

This is hard for me to start. Maybe because I don’t have the guts to say these things to you. I don’t have the strength and courage to say this personally. Do you have any idea what this letter is about? I doubt you do. I just want to clear things and to make everything as clear as possible. I hope that writing this could help us both, for the greater good of course.           We both know that something happened between our friendship though we can’t point out what exactly it was. Maybe we already know what’s the problem and it’s just that I (we) can’t accept the truth because it hurts. Here I am, being as straightforward as I could. I don’t want to be with you anymore. Not because I dislike you or you’ve done something terrible. It’s just that I don’t want your company anymore. I just don’t feel the same way as I felt before when we’re together. Everything has changed and we both know it. With change, no one can resist it but our choices have the power to change change itself

“Good day everyone! Now, I am standing right here in front of you to deliver a speech to my fellow stutterers. I once imagined myself delivering a speech to my fellow stutterers and right now, I am definitely sure that this is a real one and not an imagination. I don’t know where to begin with but there’s one thing I’m sure about; to share my experiences in having this kind of condition to the people I always care for and to the people who need an inspiration, as well. When I was a child, I have no idea that I have this condition, stuttering. I am not aware that I speak that way until the people around me started to tease me, to make fun and laugh at me. As a child, I had many burdens to the people around me but of course, it was a childish act. I encountered several people and most of them teased me after hearing how I speak. I had a hard time coping with situation like that but as I grew up, I learned how to handle situations like that, and I realized that I’m different. I just

Ace, Congratulations! Oo, congratulations sayo! I am proud of you. You have been through a lot of things and you didn’t give up. You have sacrificed almost everything and helped others selflessly. What kind of person are you?! I know that someone has already told you that you’re an IRON MAN. Maybe you are. They say you are a very talented person and that you deserve every blessing that you earned. Maybe you are. They look at you as a leader, as their “boss”, and as the boy who stutters. You never settle for being mediocre. You have compromised a lot of things and yet you always give your best shot. You’re such a perfectionist and meticulous that you intimidate others but you still managed to help them along the way. You have helped several people and I hope you help yourself now. Prioritize your health more than anything. I thank you for being you. I know that you are flawed but you keep dealing with those, if not perfectly, exceptionally. You are amazing! Keep on inspiring others

Good Evening, respectable guest, Prof. Violeta V. Quintana, Mrs. Gloria N. Lontoc, the directress and principal of JILS, JILS board of directors, our beloved parents, teachers, friends, and fellow graduates, once again good evening to all of you! Tonight, we are about to witness the ending and the new beginning of our better life. To my fellow graduates, I hope we’ll be a better person after this big memorable event. Looking back, the six years that I spent here was so much wonderful. I saw the changes of JILS. I met new people, new classmates, and new teachers. I grew here in JILS. Here at JILS, you’re not only taught how to write essays and a paragraph, read poems, solving math equations, we learned how to share our talents and knowledge and how to be confident with it. We are molded to be a leader, a model and an inspiration to others. I think I deserve to be the valedictorian of this class, despite the way I speak, kinaya ko pa rin. I know I did my best to make it.

Save the earth or else, There will be no oxygen to breathe No animals to roam No plants to grow And no humans to walk. Save the earth or else, There will be no sky to look up No mountains to protect No water to drink And no food to eat. Save the earth and You will be able to breathe See animals roam Observe plants grow Look up to the sky Have mountains to protect Water to drink Food to eat And you will SURVIVE! - TBWS March 7, 201x