MY ULTIMATE DREAM

        I had a lot of life dreams when I was a kid. I want to start a business, get a nice car, buy my dream house, become a billionaire, and many other things. But as I've grown older, I've discovered that I can't always have everything I want in life since it might get too complicated and challenging.  I believe this because everyone strives for the best in all of their goals, but as I get older, I learn that not everything is so simple. So, there is just one goal I have in mind: to build a happy and complete family. Why? Allow me to explain why.

        This is my story. Growing up, I recognized how fortunate I was to have a family. A kind and loving family. We were constantly cheerful. We adored each other and assisted one another, whenever we could. But everything changed in 2014. Everything. My loving family had vanished in the blink of an eye. When I discovered the reality, I couldn’t think clearly. I had no idea what to do. I was confused. It was gone! My family was gone! I didn’t know how to be myself again. My mama and papa cried day and night and it hurts so much to see them like that. There was not a day that I didn’t cry, too. Every night I’d pray to God and ask him to give me back my family and make us complete again. Then one day, I thought about committing suicide. At least at my funeral, my family will be complete. Since then, I started being really sad. 

        Then it hit me! I finally woke up from my dreams. My family was never going to be the same. My papa had another family and all I could do then was to put my ruined self back together. I felt stronger. I became stronger. To bring back the old Trisha, I had to love myself first. I had to rise back up for my mama, papa, and my sister and for anyone else who loves me.  

        All I want to say is that the most affected by the separation of husband and wife are their children. If it hurts for them, it hurts us children even more. For me, nothing will hurt more than having a broken family. To this day it still hurts. There is nothing I can do but not to make my future children suffer from having a broken family. I have to choose and think carefully about the steps I will take so that this does not happen again. In the end, I can still find a way to prevent this from happening again. It's scary to love and take risks, but it's even scarier if I have a broken family again in the future.

        I don't want my future children to experience what I experienced. I want them to have a complete, loving, and happy family. I want to have the best family in the world, and that is my dream.