Vanessa Jhene Almirante

For 19 years I have been alive, it taught me how to battle life and molded me as woman of principles. For 19 years I have been growing, it taught me how a girl should grow into a woman of distinctive traits. For 19 years I have been facing challenges, it taught me how to be strong, how and when to fight. For 19 years I have been in quest for the meaning of life, it taught me how to value people and time. "But who am I?" A leader to those I have served A friend to those I have valued An enemy for those who chose not to believe in me. But as I looked myself in the mirror of truth, what I saw was just simply me. The woman who needs to be strong The woman who cries The woman who believes in promises as if they were bound to be fulfilled A woman of purpose A woman of life This is who I am This is... VANESSA