Your Messenger message:

"Dear Sir Tony, I just want to share this with you. My youngest son was born around 44 weeks. He was huge. His birth date fell on Black Saturday, 2005. He was an easy child. But as he grew up, he always had accidents. But fortunately, it seemed that there was someone who always protected him. When we left the Philippines, it was the same. He learned to take care of himself at a young age because my husband and I were both working. He was left with his cats and, later, his dogs. When he was around 9 years old, he always told me about his shadow friend, whom he called '___ ___________.' As the years passed, he no longer remembered ___ ____________. A week ago, while on his way to school and waiting for a bus, two students on a motorbike from a rival vocational college tried to attack him. He said that one of the students threw a firecracker, and then the backrider attacked him with a machete. There were few bystanders but they were surprised that my son was able to defend himself even before they were able to help him. Fortunately, my son knows basic self-defense and was able to disarm the boy and punch him twice in the chest. Incidents like this are common in _____________. It has become a public health and security issue. Since the boys were wearing helmet and there was no CCTV in that particular area, he reported it to the police for the record or blotter. But it did not end here. My son has many friends at that rival school, too. So, the incident spread and the attackers were found. On Saturday evening, my son told us that the kid who attacked him called him via messenger. He said the kid was remorseful, saying sorry, etc. My son forgave them and was the one giving them counsel of some sort. Then, on Monday, my son told us that the two boys had an accident while on their way back to the city. The boy who attacked him, named ____________, was instantly killed, while the other one is still unconscious and in the ICU.

"You know what, my son is still upset. He told me that he has this kind of connection with the boy - like he was a friend in his word.

"Despite the bad thing they did to my son, I also feel sorry for the kids because they never had the chance to change for the better. Their lives were cut short. I just hope the boy who died would find the light and the other one would recover."

My reply:

Hello ________!

Let things be for now. Light yellow joss sticks at your altar for the living and for the dead.