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| A walk to Venice Piazza, February 2025 |
But where is their father? Why am I not talking about him or refused to show his photos in social media?
In today's blog posts, I will share a very sensitive topic that I never share to anyone who's not close to me. I chose to reveal it here because this blog is my online diary with the readers, I trust who will not judge us as the way I am being judge in Facebook. Read on.
I had a sweet and loving husband. He's thoughtful and generous. He can be trusted with provisions because near or far, he will send us money on time even when we're in the province. He's very industrious who will clean the yard after taking a long travel (he's a trailer truck driver). He has this deep care to his kids and he's there to take care of them when they were still babies.
He's patience and he stayed with me even when I become nasty with words. Even when I nagged him, ridiculed him, spit bad words on him. Even when I hated all of his friends and become the number one enemy of his mother. He stayed with the craziest hard-to-live with, nagging woman he could ever met.
Now, it's Valentines Day (eight in a row) and I have to spend it alone with my kids. We walked on the long road to Venice Piazza Mall. We feed the fishes in the swamped at the middle of a small people's park where we stood on the bridge to see them swimming underneath us. Begging for food, like me begging for love.
We went inside the mall and took photos and videos. We happily experienced the Italian vibes. I can see the spark of joy in the eyes of my two boys.
These are our way out! They both knew the real story that we've been carrying for eight years. Then, like what we often do, we ate, often in the "3Big Sister's Restaurant" indulging with a glass of Halu-halo. But this time, we're in Goldilocks Market-Market for a sweet treat - each of the boys had a piece of cake each, a glass of juice and me with my all-time favorite - "Lumpiang Sariwa." There we filled ourselves with food indulgence.
All because they have a mother and a sole breadwinner who worked very hard to give them education, feed them, shelter them. I know I am not alone, but I felt so alone in this sad journey of life.
Then one morning, we woke-up having their dad taken away by drug addiction. Since then, our lives, our dreams were shattered. My father got a mild heart attacked when he found out. This even costs his life.
Since then, a walk to the mall and eating out becomes our piece of heaven on earth and our Happy Together Valentines.