Comme Ci Comme Ca

By iamsuperjulie

Ate Precy!

This is Ate Precy and her employer Evelyn. Evelyn has Alzheimer and Ate Precy is with her for 3 years already. Ate Precy was a teacher back in the Philippines. She has 3 daughters and she's here to work. Her husband died of cancer 7 or 8 years ago and she's now a single parent, doing her best here abroad, away from her children, for them to have a good life despite of not having a father. We usually have a day off once every week for 24 hours but Ate Precy prefer not to take an off from work because of the extra pay. I can only imagine her life being with Evelyn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Every penny counts. Having 3 children to send to school and to provide everything for them is not easy. She needs to wake up in the wee hours of the night to change diapers, to see if Evelyn is okay, to cook for her, to clean the house, to let her eat, take care of her. And the most painful reality is, you cannot take care of your children because you are too far from them.

But despite of this, Ate Precy is one happy person. She likes to joke around and to make everyone smile. I know she's sad and she wants to be with her children but there's no way she can do that. Instead, she settled to web camera and talk to her children via Yahoo Messenger and in that way, the emptiness and her longing will somehow subside a little. I know it's not enough but sometimes in life, you don't have any other choice but to be contented. When can she see her children again? Nobody knows...

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