Teardrops of my Life's Ups and Downs

I don’t know where to start so I will just share to you the dramas of the colourful life I have. I was a son of a poor-to-middle class family. We have a simple life. I was the youngest and I only have one sister. I grew up having this jealousy towards my sister. In our family, she is always the highlight and I am always the black sheep. Her allowance is big while mine is small. She can get what she wants because my mother and grandmother always give it to her, on the other hand, I got little to nothing from them. College came, my sister’s tuition is always fully paid. Mine is only good for a semester. There was some nights where I let my #teardrops fall whenever I think of how my family is treating me. I let myself reflect on why my family is so unfair to me. Why life take sides against me.

I grew up having issues with my parents. I pretend to stop loving them. I cared less, knowing they don’t care what I feel towards them. I stopped college just to make them angry, and whenever they scold me for stopping college, I emotionally tell them all my resentments towards them as #teardrops spreading all over my wacky face.

I totally lost interest in school. Since we have an internet shop, I searched for work and luckily I was hired. I made a lot of money that time. Since I have money I always go out and seldom go home. I made a gap towards my family thinking that it’ll just be the same, that even if, I make an effort to be closer to them, It will all be useless. I built a wall to stop them from entering into my life. Yes I admit, I was swallowed by the bitterness and pride of my childhood and all I have in mind was revenge.

As years passed by, I lost track of what’s happening in my family. I stopped communicating with them. Yes I go home every other day, but I never tried to communicate with them. It’s like I found a new family in the presence of my friends.

News came my mother suffered from stroke while walking home. I was shocked. I was in awe and I don’t know what to do. My eyes began to itch and slowly #teardrops made their way into my confused being. Memories flashed back slowly and vividly letting me remember all those simple things my mother is doing for me. I hurriedly go home and saw my mother being pulled up by 911 medics. I have so many questions left unanswered. I want to know how did it happen, when and why. I realized how much I love my mother, more so my family. I went on to the hospital with the 911. I took care of her. I spend all my free time at the hospital with my father. Doctor told us that my mother suffered a mild stroke but she is fast recovering. That was the happiest moment of my life, knowing I still have the chance to love my mother back. I still have the chance to be with them, to appreciate them and to enjoy the rest of their life having a complete and loving family surrounding them. I went to the comfort room to release all my #tears of happiness.

It’s been 2 years since that incident happen. 2 years have passed and I am still struggling to give back to them. I am now married. I lost my job and now trying to establish a living through freelancing. Despite all these challenges, my family is still there for me. Even my sister is there for me. Whenever I am short or out of budget, they are always to the rescue. They keep on showing me their unconditional love most especially my wife. They are the reason why I will always keep on trying. They are the reason why I will always keep on fighting.

That’s why I am so thankful I found this steemit community. It not only inspires me to continue my passion in writing. It created a bridge for me to be able to give back to my loving family. And soon, in God’s will and perfect timing, This opportunity will be my investment to help not only my family but those who needed it.

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