Humanities and Social Sciences

Buting Senior High School

A. Santos St., Brgy. Buting, Pasig City

Creative Non-Fiction
Peer Review

Submitted by:
Merin, Shara Lyn A.

Submitted to:
Ms. Crissy Reyes

12 HUMSS – D
 “A Love Like Treasure in My LIFE”

Whatever life throws out on us, one certain thing that we should hold on to is ourselves and
the people that give us a reason to live, and that is our family. We are born in this world because
we are a good product of our parents, and they are the ones who can help us to shape our lives in
a better and good way. The context of the relationship can be difficult to handle yet be
challenging to cope up with this family life. 

My weaknesses are within my family, my mom, my father, my sister, and my brother.

Yes, I tend to do something that can hurt one of the members of my family, but it always ends in
requiring care to see the responsibilities of all. Despite overcoming my challenges in times of
today's uncertainty, I depend not only on myself but also on my treasure which my family. But I
am a human being that can't even deny the fact that some conflicts can lead to a social problem
within the family. I found a lot of memories, feelings, heartaches, loneliness, within growing up
with the sense of maturity and compassion with all the love I've been surrounded by. Those
feelings are indeed to be part of family life. I do sometimes say that I am going to survive only
on depending on myself but, I disappointed myself to that point because every time I do
struggles with my problems, my mom is always there for me to cheer me up and encourage me
to be brave all the time. Honestly speaking, this time is my worse feeling I got is that my father is
sick. And, I don’t even know what I am going to do as a child and as a person. I cried a lot
because it is my first time seeing my father in that kind of situation and it hurts me a lot. I reflect
on myself that time and say that “Why I am being rude to him?” “Why can't I feel for him as
much as I love him”, I so much regret my behavior and attitude to him. And, one time I see him
in the hospital and one thing he does is cry in front of me and I don’t want him to see that I am
also crying. My father is brave and I know he is going to survive in that situation. 

Reflecting on coping up with my problems is something that also my family is struggling

too. Sometimes, we don't need just to act on behalf of being as a child but also a person who see
others struggles and problems and beyond to that thing we need to appreciate and exert my or
rather our effort to see our family is being proud of what we or I am doing. We people tend to
deny our feelings in front of our family, I tend to say that I am a strong child of yours but deep
inside I am a soft-hearted person. I don’t want every member of the family being struggle
especially my parents, my mom, and my father. They are the one that keeps me stronger
especially in this today’s happening. House feels empty without my parents. Both my sister with
persons with disabilities and I are the only people who keep the house meaningful. But I keep
being brave for the sake of my parents to be brave too. We can only depend on each other side.
Every day waking up with a new set of sunrises, I always tell myself. You can do it, and “my
papa is going to survive”. I used to be brave and strong even I am should be strong in terms of
my academic studies. My studies are the only ones that can make my parents proud of. And, this
is the only best important gift that I can give to them because of their sacrifices with me and also
to my siblings. No matter what stability you have as a person in this world, one thing you should
have is a family that can always be there for you even they’re also struggling. 
 My family is my backup file whenever I am sad, struggle, have a problem, had sick. They
are every time there with me. In addition to that, I and we should use a set of communications
and understanding to be a great help in obtaining and successfully meet the solution in family
life. Used a set of exerting of effort to feel them that they are deserved to be loved and to be
missed by their child. One thing that I learned from that is we can depend on both ourselves and
our family. Last the more important in all situation in the family life, we are the product of our
parents that can be their instruments to say that no matter what struggle we are facing there's
always a braveness and courage for us to be a strong woman that can survive in the uncertainty.