It was really very hard for me to leave my mother’s womb because I felt comfortable in there. I’ve spent the last 9 months just taking in whatever my mother Teodora is eating and I am very used to it. There was a time when I got very bored of just staying in my mother’s uterus that I tried to analyze how the human body works.
Even as a child, I already said to myself that when I grow up, I want to be a doctor. One day, when I was about to explore the placenta, arteries, and the veins, I felt something was pulling me out. The uterus of my mother, where I was staying was getting smaller and smaller. I was really trying not to go out of there because I am not yet done exploring my mother’s body. But then, there is nothing I could do, I am just a small boy and the force outside was very strong so I just decided to let myself out of the uterus and into the birth canal.
After I got out, it seems that everyone was crying. I heard Daddy Francisco telling stories that when Mommy was giving birth to me, she almost died because of my big forehead. I think trying to memorize every part of the human body while I am inside my mother’s womb was the reason why I have that sizeable forehead. I am very thankful that nothing happened to my mother. I love her so much. I also like the name she gave me, “Jose”. She named me after the Christian saint
Jose "Pepe" Rizal
(Kristina Salac)
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