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Purple Slippers


While in bed, a question out of nowhere was uttered by a tiny voice.

"Akoh, what about your customers? They are sick, right?" Our 4-year old Miranda was concerned about my patients while I was away.

And then over the weekend, I heard two tiny voices asking the same question during bedtime.

Mira: "Akoh, what if you don’t go back to Manila? Can you just stay here?"
Noah: "Akoh, can you not go back to Manila?" With a heavy heart I replied: “I have to go bac
k and help my patients heal because they are sick. I promise to be home in November and December. Wait for me ok?”
Each time I am about to leave my family behind, I think about the same question.
And the answer has always been because God called me for a purpose. Many times I asked God to take me home permanently and even consulted my parents way back 2012 but God had other plans. Obedience to God gives me peace and a sense of fulfillment but I do miss my family terribly. 

Praying that this pandemic be over soon so that it will be safer and easier to go home and recharge anytime I need to before I lose my sanity. 

I also pray for more dietitians to go on private practice in integrative and functional nutrition. Please!! The harvest is plenty but the workers are few. Patients need you.
When I arrived home last week, our 4-year old Miranda presented me with a card and paper slippers in my fave color. My heart felt so full!




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  1. deahmaiOctober 11, 2021 at 5:02 PM

    Oh Ms. Cheshire, nothing feels the same when your in the comfort of your home and with your loving family around you. Really praying for us to feel safe again and can go wherever we want to be esp. With our Family. Stay safe and God Bless.
    Someday soon I can have all the time to practice as Clinical Dietitian.🤗🙏😚

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