The day I met Daday

Had a real tough day...got up 'round 8am and went to work....'thot I would be off by lunchtime..but exceedingly overtimed for about 4 hours(due to patient's demand)..had my lunch around 4:30 pm...
well I just wanted to share a little thought that I had:
People are different in so many ways right???
I for one had this lackadaisical thought that I would be one of the most distinguished dentist for all time...(that's just a thought so don't entertain it guys)
But I thank my parents for raising me well...they've been through all the financial struggles just to have brought up all their 3 children into well-grown up individuals..I wished and dreamed of becoming a well-known writer,a famous singer and a prima ballerina( you wish lilly!!) but none of these had happened...whew* Instead, fate lead me to become a dentist. When I first entered college all I had in my mind was just study and that's it. It never entered in my mind that I should at least indulge myself with all the applets of becoming one (like for instance I never thought that I could render service to the community---free clinics and stuffs like that never meant a single note for me and it was all about money.
....that has changed....
After our oath taking, and yes I was still earnestly jobless, I went out with my colleagues and had coffee. They talked about how interesting it was when they had their outreach program in one of the most deprived communities in Cebu..I had my thoughts though: that I could never join them 'cuz it won't earn me some mulahs. They said it's worth a try so I grabbed it...
Twas steamingly hot that resurrection day. All of us saw all these people lined up for the freebies: free medicines, free consultation, free dental services etc...
After lunch I went out for fresh air..I expected that we would be finished by then, but there were still lots of families outside hoping to get the free services. When I was about to go inside a girl suddenly poked me and asked if I could write. I answered yes, of course. So she got her 1 inched pencil, a sawed paper and pulled me out of the crowd. She said she had been waiting to be on line for almost 4 hours, but she couldn't.....I asked her why? She bluntly answered "Because I don't know how to write my name on the patient record pad". THAT STUCK ME AT THAT MOMENT....
I got interested about the life of the 9-year old girl I had spoken with...I began to ask her so many questions...where she lived, what's her parent's job, did they enroll her to school..stuffs like that...my colleague called me 'cuz we still had many patients to attend to.So I brought "Daday" (that's her name) inside and let her see the procedures that we usually do. All those time until we finished our free clinic she sat silent in the corner, carefully observing, meek and dazzled with the things she just saw. After I washed my hands I sat beside her and gave her my share for our snacks--a burger and soda. I asked her what does she want to be when she grows up. She said "I want to be like you. I want to do the things you do."
That day I didn't sleep. I couldn't get DAday out of my mind..I was thinking about her and if I could ever see her again. I felt bless and fortunate enough that I had parents who struggled so hard just to help me be what I am right now. Less are the people like me, 'cuz we wont realize how poverty has swept all of the dreams of children like Daday.
I do hope and pray DAday would be able to be what she wanted to be...I hope that I will see her again, fulfilled and successful. I just pray that God will provide her all the necessities that she and her family needs. I hope and pray for her good health and that every children like her wont be deprived of a bright future that they deserve.