…Young One, into a Woman…

Have you ever tried asking yourself on where were you from? How were you made? Or, what’s your purpose of living in this beautiful world?

Every baby begins life when a single egg cell from the mother and a tiny sperm cell from a father joined together inside the mother’s body. This is called fertilization. The fertilized egg grows and divides, and after nine months the baby is born. That’s where I started.

Have you imagine all the sacrifices our mothers did just to keep us alive? Honestly, I just really can’t imagine all the pains and sacrifices they suffered. In fact, I just can’t believe that I am now living here in this world experiencing all the happiness, loneliness, anger, frustrations, regrets, disappointments and a lot of more. Before, I was just still a single cell found inside the body of my mother called the egg cell. Now, I have turned into a girl involving the period of puberty wherein my ovaries start to release eggs and menstruation begins. My breasts develop and my hips become wider with matching lowering of the voice and development of body hairs under the arms and some other parts. I am also very happy because from a height of four feet and eight inches at the age of twelve, now that I am already fifteen, form four feet and eight inches to more or less five feet. Yehey! (he…he…he…)

Puberty is a part of adolescence, which also involves mental changes. So, aside from those physical changes, what other changes should I undergo? Of course, mental changes! But not because I came from the mental hospital (huh!) (ah…ah…ah…ah…ah…) It’s because I am already a “young” adult then I should be more independent and sensitive to have sexual feelings.

Thank God, there are hormones in our body for they may help in regulating our growth, controlling the formation of antibodies, stimulating mammary glands to secrete milk, hastening release of glucose into blood, increasing rate of heartbeat and blood pressure, maintaining carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, influencing development of secondary sex cells and more! (Whew!) Thank you my dear hormones, you really did a big part in developing myself.

Although I have already turned into what I am now, I’m still hoping that someday I would turn into a better person wherein by this time, instead of me, my parents would be the one who’ll benefit something from me as a reward and a thanksgiving for all the sacrifices they have done for me and for the whole-hearted love they have given me. But of course, how could I do all of this if I could not finish my studies, right? Well…well…well… I will really try “no, not try”, I will really do my best not only in studying but also in working, hopefully.

With all these, I just would like to give thanks to my beloved BIOLOGY teacher for because of her I do now understand much better to where did I really come from and rather than that, she also helped me in answering some of my confusions in life.