Happy New Year, With A Sad Tone. in The Morning, The Doctor Claimed That There Was A Miracle. All

My Family Story
I want to share my family story through some of our tough challenges, which shaped me
to become who I am now. Starting with my father’s struggle in life, he was born in General
Santos and moved to Siaton for good. My father didn’t finished his studies in elementary so he
looked some jobs in Manila to help for his family. My mother is from Sibulan. My mom got
pregnant when she was still in high school. The father of her child just left because she’s a
Chinese. His family only want Chinese woman for their son. But my mom didn’t stopped her
schooling. She gave birth to my half sister. Then, she went back to her studies and my
grandmother took care of my sister while my mom was at school. While mom was still 4 th year
college student, she met my father and fell in love with each other. My father was a pedicab
driver, so my father always drove my mom to school and going home. My mom finished college
and got married with my father. My mom took her board exam in Cebu for Licensure
Exam for Teachers and she passed. They got married and then gave birth to me.
Their marriage was very challenging when they moved in my father’s territory. My sister
doesn’t live with us because they’re not that close with mom she’s always there to support my
sister. I never treated her as my “half sister” because we’re really close and she’s very kind to
me. Growing up, I lived in a very complicate family setting. Our house was beside my
grandmother’s house (my father’s mother). One day, my grandmother died. A couple of weeks,
my father had an argument with some of his siblings and some particular relatives. They were
fighting because of some properties and shares or particular inheritance that handed to them. Our
relatives took our home and my father did not liked the situation because her own sisters did not
even defended him against our relatives. So, my parents decided to move. My parents decided to
build our own house next to my grandparents’ house, where my sister lives. My father himself
designed and constructed our own house with the help of some of his friends. Until one day, my
mom was assigned to teach at a mountainous area in Ayungon. My father decided to be a
fulltime househusband. He just used his skills on making different furniture to make some
money. My mother was not with us in most of the time. She comes home every Friday afternoon
and go back to the mountain every Monday dawn. In other words, I am with my father’s care. He
is super strict and led me to become scared always to do something disappointing. Yet, I am so
happy to have them as my parents because even though we have tough times, they stayed
positive, have strong teamwork and they never cheated each other.
Years passed by, my mom got pregnant for the third time. One day, my mom suffered
into a depression after her baby died inside her womb. We took care of her and made sure that
she would recover as soon as possible. After that, my father’s siblings reunited, they talked about
what happened before and apologizing for what they have done. Truly means that blood is
thicker than water. There was also a time that we’ve never celebrated Christmas and new year
because the father’s sister got really sick and she was in the ICU that time. New Year’s Eve, we
gathered inside the ICU with some family members. I saw my aunt just lying in bed and
unconscious. While we’re praying the holy rosary, we were holding her and crying really hard.
Her condition was 50/50 already. When the clock strikes twelve, we just greeted each other
happy new year, with a sad tone. In the morning, the doctor claimed that there was a miracle. All
the vital signs were backed to normal and she’s completely well. God is really amazing.
After that, we became stronger as one family. I can truly say that whatever problems we
have, we can conquer it as long as we have each other and with God’s guidance. With these
characteristics we have as a strong family such as commitment to the family, spiritual strength,
family crisis-coping skills, strong marriage, forgiveness, and time together, I am able to reflect
and apply most of it with my personal challenges and problems.

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