Chapter Eleven [Switching School]“It only takes 15 minutes before we turn left, but that will be the beginning of terrible struggles against all odds because the road to the left turn is not only narrow, rocky, and full of deep holes but when it rains becomes muddy, slippery, and water can sweep away. At last, this passenger vehicle has few passengers, and I can set properly inside of it while traveling because I know that the road from here to the crossing is completely cemented and all vehicles can travel smoothly. But this time, I'm confident that I'll sit inside, next to the back of the driver's seat, rather than near the door.”Ericka is eager as she stretches and raises her right arms to signal the drivers to slow down and accommodate her wish to board that ancient, unkempt-looking painted vehicle.There is a 5x2 size long, well-curved, smoothly formed wooden built flat for setting that crosses the door, and because she is rushing to board, the driver's assistant who is in char

Chapter Thirteen [ The Changes]When most of her family members let her go alone through her life's journey, meditating on every detail, Ericka Santillan Mendel changed, renewing her mind over time. However, only those of her past experiences that had a significant impact on her melancholy and vulnerable moments had an effect on her transformations.After lunch, as her parents take a five-minute siesta before getting back to their agricultural work, her father, who is curled up next to her mother, starts laughing at her."Just let her, let her feel and express all of her unpleasant emotions and negative ideas as they arise through her works, and then we'll let her go so she can do whatever she wants to express all of her negatives throughout her solitudes. From that points she should learn to be independent and capable to do it on her own." He said, "As they watch Ericka lying down on the level wood under the shadows of the great mango tree eastside enjoying the refreshing eastern blo

Chapter Fifteen [The poison of snakes]Ericka was the second-youngest child of farmers Elaine and Ernest when she was born. In the unfortunate circumstances brought on by Ericka's snake bites within the gloomy, shadowy banana and coconut plantation near the river bank, their ten already-adult children returned home to assist their parents. It's 12 o'clock. Rainy days in the month of July, following the oppressive heat of the summer, make it difficult for people in the southwest of the island to go to work and school."Ericka has been uncomfortably bedridden in the provincial hospital for two months now, Mama, Papa. We should find a solution how to change our dangerous situation that has caused our farm to be mortgaged by the bank because we must pay Ericka's rising medical expenses and additional prescription medication."The eldest of the 10 adult children, who are currently employed abroad, said after examining their expenses.“Arnold, you better withdraw your savings first. We are

Chapter Seventeen [ Recuperation]Ericka goes to the farm with her quick-moving, hard-working parents in the early morning before breakfast.“This is just amazing. It caused me to reanimate as a brand-new being, Ma, Pa.”She exclaimed joyfully as her tiny, slender feet with rubber slippers passed through the early morning scent of fresh, light dew of the grass.Ericka's thin, white, and silky legs are pierced by the cogon grasses that are growing in profusion on both sides of the trail as they slowly climb the mountain in the early morning. Her mother notes that Ericka is neglecting the irritants because she is so excited.Look, my dear Ericka, from now on, I would advise that you swiftly grab long pants, a long-sleeved blouse, and a wider hat whenever you walk to the rice field with us so that irritants won't hinder your joy. “Mother stated adding,"When you enter the plantation to gather edible ferns and mushrooms following a downpour and thunder and lightning, do the same added wit

Chapter Nineteen: [ Sacrificial offerings to save others life]Ericka has been recovering from paralysis for a long time, and she has stopped her secondary school course. Her two brothers, John and Randy, are busy with weekday schooling already when Ericka is in terrible muscle pain on her legs, arms, and body. Her parents are currently busy checking the farmlands that Monday morning when it happens.She was feeding the fattened hogs and the poultry flocks when the pain stopped her. She collapsed while standing in front of the plucking hen and her newly hatched chicks, falling to the ground unintentionally. She didn't know that skipping maintenance may have a serious negative impact on her health and cause her nervous system to lose vital nutrients, which is why she hasn't yet found out what caused her muscles to go excruciatingly numb. "Mama, Papa, where are you?”She says nothing more before collapsing, her gloomy eyes going fuzzy and her vision spinning about the surface until she