MEMORIES TO REMEMBER

As we aged, some unforgettable memories hiding inside our mind are ready to be recalled when given a chance to remember. The memories can never be forgotten as time passes by. Our mind was a storehouse keeping all past events that happened. It was there whether it has a happy ending or a very painful one.

Memories are recollection of past stories that we don't want to forget. It keeps coming back every minute of it. It just flashed in our mind during the period of our solitude even before we sleep. It has wonderful feeling worth remembering but sometimes it also bring sadness. Sometimes it hurts our pride. There are instances that our lives are put to the test and then survived.

There are memories we wanted to forget and remember. Remembering thus happy moment caused us to have that big smile especially if it is very important to be remembered. There is a feeling of happiness, contentment and peace. 

I had a painful experience when I was still a teenager. I accompanied my father seeing our land that we cleared for planting sorghum. With me was my little sister age 7. When we decided to cut a single tree that shadowed the clearing, I myself was the one cutting it without realizing that my little sister was near the area. I told her to stay away from  portion of the clearing but she disobeyed and go near it without my knowledge. When the tree is about to fall, the direction changes due to wind movement altering its supposed  path of falling instead it went directly to the site where my little sister was standing. The tree missed her 3 feet but she was caught by the branches dropping her to the ground. My first reaction was panic especially when my little sister moaned instead of crying. We found out that her left leg was hit by the branches. She can't stand alone and in great pain. We immediately brought her to the health center in our place for treatment of cuts and bruises in some parts of her body. But the redness in her legs decided us to bring my sister to the hospital for thorough medical check-up.

We did not delay in bringing her to the hospital. Physical examination with the aid of x-ray result showed that her left leg has 2 small fractures. I cried seeing the condition of my sister who started having a fever. I felt the guilt feeling inside me by not making it sure before felling that tree. It was a negligence that bothered me most of the time even during my waking hours.

The doctor did the plaster casting after stretching to put the cracked bones to its place and into stable condition. It took a month for my sister to stay in the hospital. Another month for recuperation in our home before the plaster cast was removed. Another x-ray exposure been taken that showed the cracked bones healed slowly but my little sister has to use braces and crutches to protect the bones to give way. 

This experience continued bothering me every hour of my life blaming myself to the accident. Even after several years, it is still fresh in my mind the scene that I cannot completely forget.

Memories can never be forgotten if it pained us to remember.