Michael Perico's favorite color is yellow. His wishlist included a set of crayons, but it could very well have been a set of YELLOW crayons. He grabbed the coloring book I brought and proceeded to shade everything bright yellow...the leaves of the trees, the petals, the bee. Michael is a cute 4-year old boy with dark eyes and the longest lashes, cute dimples and a sunshiny smile. He has ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia).
9 year old Cassandra Capispisan, also with leu
kemia, listened intently to the story book I read to her in TAGALOG, and was enthralled by the legend of MARIANG ALIMANGO, a story about an orphan girl and the magical giant crab that granted her wishes. It was fun dramatizing the important scenes, from the facial expressions of the sungit step mom and step sisters, to the losing of the shoe as 
Maria rushed out of the palace at midnight, to the dramatic fitting of the shoe by everyone in the family and finally by Maria. By coincidence, Cassandra had a bridal doll from last week's visit - in full wedding gear, with veil and tiny white shoes! So as I held the tiny white shoe dramatically, she was in total awe and absolutely delighted when i tried fitting it onto her big toe to check if she had a chance with the prince!
kemia, listened intently to the story book I read to her in TAGALOG, and was enthralled by the legend of MARIANG ALIMANGO, a story about an orphan girl and the magical giant crab that granted her wishes. It was fun dramatizing the important scenes, from the facial expressions of the sungit step mom and step sisters, to the losing of the shoe as 
Maria rushed out of the palace at midnight, to the dramatic fitting of the shoe by everyone in the family and finally by Maria. By coincidence, Cassandra had a bridal doll from last week's visit - in full wedding gear, with veil and tiny white shoes! So as I held the tiny white shoe dramatically, she was in total awe and absolutely delighted when i tried fitting it onto her big toe to check if she had a chance with the prince!
Marl's another cute one. That's Marl Antonio Villareal, 5 years old, surrounded by colorful pillows. His limbs, actually his knee caps, are very very painful. Every few minutes he would moan to his mommy who was at his bedside to massage his legs. Very painful limbs are one of the symptoms of ALL. He is due for his first round of chemo soon.
Jessica Rebusion is almost a lady...but not quite...at 14, lying on the bed, she still looked like a helpless little girl. No toys for her please. All things showbiz - yes. When I mentioned I might be able to send her a showbiz magazine or two, her eyes lit up, as her mom said she was an avid fan of Sarah Geronimo.
And finally Rexon. Rexon Endaya from my visit last
October!! I felt good when he recognized me, and I recognized him too, as -- the number one jigsaw puzzle maker! It was so heartening to learn from his mom that he was much better now. That's him beaming happily, in the bright orange shirt.And thus concludes another Thursday morning at Kythe. How I wish I could give each of these kids a magical Mariang Alimango that would grant them their wishes, make Jessica an actress, Cassandra a princess, and the boys - boys who could spend the day flying kites or even just fighting with other boys!
Check these out:
What is Kythe?
Kythe Volunteers' Experiences (click on the three No Roses articles. They're mine!!)
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