I used to be rude, mean, and toxic... then I met her on Facebook. Now we're getting married.

Hindi ko alam kung paano ko sisimulan ’to, pero gusto ko lang ilabas lahat ng nasa dibdib ko. I used to be a really bad person. Rude. Mean. Notorious. I hurt people with my words, I pushed everyone away, and I always thought I was right. I was angry at the world, and honestly, I didn’t even like myself. Parang araw-araw, galit lang ang alam kong maramdaman. My life felt like hell, and I was the one creating it. Then one random day, I met her on Facebook. Walang grand plan. Walang perfect timing. Just a simple conversation that slowly turned into something real. At first, hindi ko rin gets kung bakit siya nag-stay. She saw parts of me I was ashamed of. She saw my flaws, my temper, my past. Akala ko aalis din siya, tulad ng iba. Pero she didn’t. Instead, she challenged me. She softened me. She taught me patience, empathy, and kindness, things I never thought I was capable of. Dahil sa kanya, natuto akong humingi ng sorry. Natuto akong makinig. Natuto akong magmahal nang hindi nananakit. She didn’t magically fix me. She inspired me to fix myself. Unti-unti, the hell I was living in turned into something peaceful. Hindi naging perfect ang buhay, pero naging tahimik ang puso ko. For the first time, I wanted to be better, not for validation, not for image, but because someone believed I could be. Now, we’re getting married soon. Minsan naiisip ko, if she met the old version of me on a bad day, baka hindi kami umabot dito. Pero maybe that’s the point, people can change when they’re loved the right way, and when they choose to change. Hindi ako proud sa past ko. Pero grateful ako na may taong dumating at pinakita sa akin na may future pa pala ako. To her, salamat. And to anyone reading this who feels like they’re too broken to be loved: hindi pa huli ang lahat. Sometimes, love finds you in the most unexpected places… even on Facebook.