Story Of Life

Mom told me about a story of her friend who just passed away on Sunday, 12/10/2008. Her name was Rohani (not her real name). She died of cancer.

She was 7 months pregnant before marriage. And as usual, people would start talking bad things because of this. On her marriage day, it is obvious that there's a life inside her. But she kept herself up, never to give up hope. She was married to a man who was a manager of a big company. She thought live would be great with him.
Few months after her marriage, her father-in-law was bedridden and she was force to take care of him while her mother-in-law was enjoying outside.

Few years later, she had 3 children. She then start to have family problems. She had to find a job so that she could release her stress. One day, her brother came out of jail due to drugs. He came to her house with his girlfriend. Rohani brought them to her house, make it a home for them to stay. But things wasn't what she expected. The girlfriend of her brother really took the house as her own, controlling every single thing. She taught the daughters how to be rude to their mom. Rohani's husband fell for that girl. Rohani simply couldn't take it anymore so she applied for a divorce. That house has two names; the husband and her. But she didn't not fight for her rights. She left without the house and her children. When she left, she found out that she had cancer but she didn't tell anyone about it and simply just did nothing.

5 years later after telling her family members that she had cancer, she finally reunited with one of her daughters. Living in a small HDB flat at havelock road with her mother-in-law. Her mom came in to visit her. To her suprise, the house was messy and dirty. Its like a warzone. Her mom took her back home and took care of her. Then she died few months later.

On the other end, her ex-husband was still living with the girl. The girl was always not home. He, who was a supervisor of a big company was sacked. And now he's working as a school security guard. Her husband really regretted of his mistakes. Crying on her funeral can never bring her back to life.

This story taught me a lesson. When you're married, love someone who really loves and take care of the children. Not to love someone just because he/she makes you happy.