The love of a couple will eventually bear fruit in time. Every couple waits for this wonderful blessing. Entering a married life itself is not easy. So having a family won’t get, in any way, easier.
To have a family, one should not only be emotionally stable but also financially stable. Couples should know their obligations as parents to their children. They should be able to provide their needs: food, shelter, clothing, and education. That is the problem with couples now a day. They enjoy the pleasure but forget the responsibilities. But I truly believe that every parent wants what’s best for their children. Some work all day long until they get sick. Some even enter illegal ways just to feed the empty stomach of his family. And there are those who choose to work abroad where higher salary is offered.
It is saddening to see Filipino families slowly breaking apart, literally. Seeing children get left behind by their parents. Having their “yayas” take care of them. Not growing with their parents love but with other people’s love and care like their grandparents. No parent would want to be separated from their children, just as their children would not want to be separated from their parents. I remember daddy’s girl crying when he goes to work. Funny how I cry so much even though I know he’ll be back that same day. What more if your parents will be gone for a long period of time. You know it is for you. You know that it is for your own good. You know. But you are only left with the idea, with the thought but without the feeling. Material things are evident. They are tangible proofs of their love. But the feeling, itself, is missing.
Good thing technology helps us in maintaining our relationship with our loved ones abroad. Technology helps us keeping in touch with them with the use of cell phones, internet, and even televisions. But is this enough to save the Filipino family? Will this prevent a loved one to find another person to fill the love lost? Will their voices and words alone reach their children’s hearts? Hopefully.
32-year old, Dolores is leaving her three boys to work abroad
[ITEM 12 - RELATIONSHIPS]
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