Tell Me About Yourself!

Hello Steemians!

The best part of my life when I survived the trials in life and used this place Saudi Arabia as my human shelter. I am Deborah Boyles, a widow mother of one and grandmother of two grandkids that made my life complete. I am the eldest among 6 siblings and shouldered the education of my 3 youngest siblings to become a professional. I have two siblings which is younger than my son. While my son was growing , they grew also and need financial for their studies. I am raised by a poor family in that Philippines with fears in God. I got my responsibility to secure better life of my son and my 3 siblings since my parent couldn't afford to send them in college in their allowance and tuition fees. Unluckily, we had no public school in both high school and college in our town.

My marriage at younger age was not a plan. I was a working student who dreamed to be a teacher but I was in disgraced when I migrated to worked in my Uncle's business. At 18 years old, I was being tied up for marriage with the neighbor of my Uncle. It was a whirlwind decision that shocked my family. I decided it because I didn't want to become a wife to another man. One night my Uncle asked help to a young man younger than me to went with me to their house at night. My Uncle sleept in their store and there is no place for me to slept there instead I must go home. He let the man went with me because there were so many addict people around. My Uncle thought that I would be safe with that man but when we arrived at home, there was a heavy rain that forced him to stay while Unwashed already sleepy. It was already midnight and there was something happened to us unexpectedly. Tears were falling why he did it ? And I was just new in that place. In the following morning I decided to got married with him without thinking twice because he ruined my life and was ignorant about it. What frightened me and felt so afraid of becoming pregnant without father. I had no boy friend yet for my whole life and it happened to me accidentally. I remembered my grandmother told me that where I fall my virginity, there I have to stand up. So , we got married last March 8, 1988.

Immediately happened and changed my life . Talking about responsibility of life, I had it in my early stage of my life. Though I was a young wife, I knew what to do and organized myself accordingly. I worked and he worked. We helped each other . I was not getting pregnant during our first contact. After our marriage life, I got pregnant and in 1990, I became a mother to our only son.

We got a small house for us to stay while working everyday , bringing my child on my duty in the grocery store. I looked my child an inspiration and accepted my destiny without regret when i heard the first cry of my son. It made me a real person and a woman as responsible mother. I worked harder and the boss of my husband helped us owned a business in their newly purchased store in the mountain. We were chosen to managed that business. At 22 years old and my husband 21, we started business. They gave us stocks and sold it in every week, the gain we made were for us as benefits. We returned the capital and kept it rolling..

I grew up more than what we expect. The expectation shocked everyone how I managed it well for 6 years , I owned my own store but so sad that there were people who were not happy about our coming successful life. Relatives of our boss got jealous and try taking our part to that business. Blood is sticker that water. They didn't give us supply anymore and became our competent. They killed my business and they won , they have money while I had no saving because I was building a house for our own because the house we rented was located in a floody zone. So we find our comfort buying a lot for building a small house and stock room. The more jealousy arises.

I got loaned in bank and during the 1996 -1997 economy crisis , I was among those who lost our business. that causes me to worked abroad until now. I played a nice role not only for our life but also for the life of my helpers in store. I let them went to school at night as my working student. Some of them graduated before my bankruptcy. And my sister became the mother of my son when I came working abroad.

While working abroad, I paid some of my debts back home and my promised to my siblings was realized. I sent them to school until they became professional. I have a sister became a teacher, fulfilled my broken dreams. I had a midwife sister working in the hospital now and a brother who graduated accountancy and now working . My son also graduated and got married when he was 25 years old. Now I have two grandchildren.

This is not the end of talking about myself and the other part of the story had been told here if you could see it in my steemit timeline when I was started last 2018. Trials and storm in my life continuesly happening but what I could say to you that I am still stronger than my fears in life. I made it and will make it better someday. If tomorrow won't come to me , I know I have the best place in heaven
as long as I am not stepping down someone's life here on earth.

The better side of me to overcome obstacles and downturned, I found singing as one of my talent and here my song, the favorite song of my mother.

Inviting @me2selah @sarimanok and @diosarich

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That's the story who I am !

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