Mona doesn’t let juvenile diabetes bring her down

Mona Louise Rey, star of GMA 7’s daily fantasy drama Luna Blanca, has juvenile diabetes. The seven-year-old girl can’t have candy, ice cream, chocolate and other sweets kids her age enjoy. But this doesn’t stop her from smiling, laughing, dancing, trying the rides at Enchanted Kingdom and having fun the way her friend and co-star Jillian Ward does.

Her sunshiny attitude can shame her pessimistic elders.

“Parang wala rin po,” she told the press. “Alam kong mawawala rin poi to baling araw. Lagi na lang ako nagpe-pray kay God na mawala na ang diabetes ko.”

Jillian cheers her up by bringing Barbie dolls – Mona’s favorite plaything – on the set of Luna Blanca.

“Para kaming sisters,” she relates. “Hindi namin iniisip na may sakit siya. We always pray. Hindi ko siya binibigyan ng candy. Naglalaro kami at nagkakantahan. Minsan, nagdadala ako ng dalawang Barbie – minsan tatlo.”

Both turn a deaf ear on intrigues pitting them against each other.“Never ever!” Jillian stresses. “Wala akong alam diyan.” Mona agrees.

“Walang sapawan, walang inggitan,” she adds.

Why, the girls even have the same favorite song number: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” And their favorite local song number happens to be Regine Velasquez’s “Isang Lahi.”

Why can’t we learn a thing or two from these showbiz babes?

By Maridol Rañoa-Bismark | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom