And So She Lost Everything. In the Name of Love.

Yesterday was mother's day. A lot of tribute had been given to these most wonderful beings ever to grace the Earth. They are our superheroes. They make the biggest sacrifices. Whatever it takes, just to protect and nurture their families.

This, to the extent of making the most heartbreaking decision of leaving their children and family to be able to help earn a living.

...it is not something you will ever get used of...

I can personally relate to this. I, too, had to make the saddest decision of my life when my husband and I had to send our firstborn back to the Philippines so we could focus on our work. Each year, when I came home to visit him, it broke me when it was time to go. Leaving someone behind, no matter how many times you do it, is not something you will ever get used of...

Then you would have to fight loneliness...

Being alone in a place so foreign - faces, culture, food, people - even the solitude. She was never used to being alone. She used to have her family beside her. Then it was just her all of a sudden. Nobody said it was easy but she had to bear it.

So she got broken...

She would be so fragile, broken even with the slightest touch. She, gullible and unknowing. She found comfort in the arms of temptation. Everything she ever worked for would disappear into oblivion. Her hopes and dreams faded. She, irreparable.

Everything else is broken.

The family she built is torn. Beyond recognition. This is not the way she intended it to be. Not this way. How would she be able to bring it back to the way they were?

If only families, especially Filipino families do not need to be separated from each other just to get the way of living they wished to have... If only they can build their dreams together as one... If only.

No, it would not always be the woman. Or the man. It does not matter. The point is, it happens. They have let temptation inside of their home as soon as they made the decision to part ways, even if it was supposedly for the sake of their family.

I have witnessed a lot of relationships and families torn and broken brought about by the distance. The dream was forgotten, drowned by loneliness and solitude. Connection was broken by the distance.

They lost.