It was time for a pedicure.
 |
| Pedicure time! |
As I sat there in the salon, with both my legs placed on top
of a small chair, I had a nice chat with the mani-pedicurist about life and
yes, about my toenails. It turned out that my nailpolish had been on my toes
for a long time already that it had created white unpleasant marks on my nails.
Eeeep! I got quite worried but Ate Susan immediately calmed me and reassured me
that the problem could be easily fixed – which she did in no time. Thank God,
she’s good in her craft!
As she worked on my right foot, I learned that she lives in
Padilla, Cogeo (Philippines) together with her children and mother-in-law.
She’s a single mother and has (guess how many kids?) NINE kids!! And the
clincher was that she raised all of them all by herself, being separated from
her husband who had never offered to give financial help. Amazing! I was
appalled by how a mother like her did it. She revealed that when they were
still in Bicol many years back, she would sell fish and would still offer
manicure services on the side. That’s how she did it. Plain hardwork. Now,
three of her children are already working and all of her children had gone to
school.
 |
| Nailpolish galore! Lotsa cool colors to choose from. |
Suddenly, “Ouchhh!!!” It turned out that she had
successfully removed an ingrown toenail on my right foot. It was my FIRST EVER
ingrown! Can you believe it?! She showed me the toenail and I looked in awe at
how big and hard it was! So, that’s what an ingrown looks like! Haha! (Sorry
for being an ignoramus!)
I must admit that the ingrown toenail was painful but
thinking about the trials that Ate Susan went through as a mother, I was
brought back to my senses and realized how MINISCULE that pain was. Indeed,
other people have bigger problems. I should be thankful that God gives me
enough strength and inspiration to overcome my daily battles. J
In 15 more minutes, the pedicure session was over and though
I could still feel the pain in my foot, I left the salon with a smile,
metallic-blue toenails and memories of my FIRST EVER INGROWN TOENAIL which goes
with Ate Susan’s ever-memorable life-story. J
Till my next pedicure session! J
“Consider it
pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of
your faith develops perseverance.”
James 1:2
*FOLLOW my blog by sending me your email address above
(upper right hand portion of the page) and receive automatic blog updates. Yay!
*Follow me on Twitter too! @polarbeardana
*Find me at Facebook and let’s be friends!
*Please feel free to COMMENT HERE. But you would have to be
logged on to Gmail. If you don’t have a Gmail account, please just send me a
message through Facebook (Dana Alimorong). I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.. J
 |
| Blue... One of my favorite colors Metallic blue to match silver sandals |
LEARN how to prevent ingrown nails. Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrown_nail#Prevention
Perspective really does wonders on how we see our circumstances. :-) Where did you get your nails done? Nice!!
ReplyDeleteI agree, dear.. :) Oh, there's this salon inside our village where I usually have my nails done. Nice noh? Hehehe. I'm a lover of blue but I want to try other colors next time. What colors do you like for your nails? :)
Delete