@Ansherina 26 June 2020

You must know my family

Life was never been easy for us. We've struggled financially, physically, mentally and emotionally. Yes! Because once you are not financially stable, everything in the inner you will be affected and distracted. **But not this one thing.** When we were still elementary, we have tried selling different homemade foods such as ice candies, candies, banana chips, and everything that our mom had made j**ust to survive and help them out in sustaining our daily needs.** We've been **bullied, belittled, underestimated, stepped-on, and cursed.** Our house is only made up of **bamboo having sacks as our curtains.** But guess what? My **mother is such an organized woman**. She don't want anything goes messy and untidy. **We're poor, but we're neat!** Because we were very poor, maybe much poorer than you could imagine, that's why people say that **it is very impossible for our parents to make us all finish our studies.** We are all 8 in the family, with 2 sons and 4 daughters - and I'm the youngest. **Father** had tried different jobs like **delivering bread, selling fishes, being a construction worker** and many other sidelines that he could possibly do. While **mom**, **had an illness**. Let's not just name it here, but it quite **distracts her breathing, strength, capability to endure heavy work, and of course, beauty!** The beauty that she inherited from her mixed Castilian and Japanese parents, with a little Filipino icing! (Just kidding) But you know what? Despite all of the problems we've bore for how many years eversince we've come to this world, they have always been selfless in love just to cover up the presence of imperfection in our lives. They have been too supportive to us and they made us feel that life maybe so unfair, but **leaning onto the arms of God, all things are beautiful.** Yes! I'm the youngest, and the only one who remained studying now! All of my brothers are professionals having a very good job and family already. My sisters now are very much successful, having **no boyfriend since birth** and never ever tried having an affair. Our route is always home, school and church only. But all these are not gonna happen, without Jesus. He hath made us who we are today with our parents. Do you know why? Coz although we are very very poor, we grew up in a Christian home where God was the center of our lives. Our treasures are not in this world, but in heaven above! We maybe financially, physically, mentally and emotionally broke, but our spiritual one is as a roaring lion in strength with God. Now, who says that poverty is a hindrance to a bright future? It's not about poverty. It's about having Jesus in your life. GOD BLESS YOU! Photo (c) Drawception