The Compassionate Family

This is a story about this family I know that shows true compassion to those who are in need.

She is Curacha (not her real name, of course.) Actually, I have already written an article about her before but that was about her success story. Read it here --> CURACHA: A Success Story. This time, I will just share her compassionate side.

She came from a failed marriage. Her husband was physically abusing her, he is also an alcoholic and he's into cockfight. The typical abusive husband that we see on dramas. They have 5 children but she decided to be brave enough to go out of that marriage. That results to her being separated from her other children.

On her success story, I shared that she was able to find another partner and together, they have established a business. Eventually, she was also able to put all her children in her custody and send them to school.

Her story is such a inspiration to me no matter how many times I have heard about it. But what made me look up more into her is her compassion.

So after she was separated from her husband, her husband also found another partner and he had 5 children with her second wife. Unfortunately, his second wife died when their kids are still so young. At that time, he's still like before who loves alcohol and cockfight. The kids are the most affected back then, they lost their mother and they have an irresponsible father.

And here comes the story of how compassionate she is.

By that time, her business was already established and she is living a comfortable life. With his son's idea, they decided to ask the first born of her ex-husband on his second wife to live with her. She provides for the child's need and send him to school. When the first born already graduated, she then get the second child and also send him to school. And then same thing happened again, after the other one graduated she will get another one to send to school.

I don't know if you're getting my point here but I am just so amazed how good is her heart to do that. Until now I can see his fear at the mention of his ex-husband's name probably because of the physical abused she experienced on his hands. They don't talk anymore with each other but she cared for his children that she even provided for them.

It's not her responsibility and it's not her business but still, she did it. Well, actually, it was his son's idea who is also my brother in law. Both of them are so compassionate and I have witnessed all those through the years.

The reason why we are so many at home is that there is also so many of us who are living with them. It's not just her ex-husband's children that she helped, everytime another one graduates, they will always get another relative whom they will support.

And mind you, I'm currently living with them and they are also the very reason why I am able to go to school. I feel like I'm their adopted child. LOL.

And then during the pandemic, we have 3 churchmates who weren't able to go home on their respective provinces so Kuya, my brother in law invited them to live with us instead so that they won't have to spend for their living expenses.

Our home is just always open for everyone. I'm so used to having visitors who will sleepover or live with us for a while. (It's just annoying sometimes because there are so many plates to wash. Just kidding. Haha)

Even when I was a kid, I have witnessed how compassionate Kuya is. There's this time that he saw two kids who are being chased by the police because of stealing foods from the public market. He found out that they live near us so he talked to them and told them to go to our house every meal time so that they could eat. He used to also give them foods, clothes and money for their needs.

He was strict, yes. I even hated him before because of that. His mom, the curacha I am talking about is also too much sometimes. But that's because they're human and they're not perfect. I witnessed how compassionate they are, I'm even a recipient of it. I have a lot of struggles living here but that's nothing compared to how good they are.

I'm not saying this to boast or to brag. I just genuinely adored them and I just can't help it but to share it to you all.

This home, our home, this family, our family is just never quiet. A very big family who have a big heart. We even named our group chat "Bahay ni Kuya/PBB" because this house is literally like that, a lot of housemates eh.

Sometimes it's stressful, specially when you're seeking for peace, but every meal time is just so fun. We made it a habit to eat together even if we can't fit on our 6 seater dining table. We need a bigger one! LOL

So blessed to be part of this compassionate family.

Anyways, thank you for reading this far! And oh, I just want to include this one as a part of Miss JonicaBradley's Writing Prompt #7: Compassion . Took me quite some time before finally writing about this one. I just only realized it now that this topic is just right on my face.

Anyhow, feel free to join her prompts too. I'm sure most of us are already familiar with it and you already know the drill about the rules.

Again, thank you for reading and as always, take care. :)

No. 121, Published: 20, August 2021