A Better Home
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In the family, I am the 4th child out of 6. Year 2009, when my parents relationship started to fall apart. Life isn't getting better eversince. We had a small house made of light materials. Every time typhoon hit our home, I feel afraid for our safety. The roof of our house made sound as bamboo tree hit it due to heavy winds. Till that day came, year 2014 the mango tree behind our house fell down on our little house. Having little income we couldn't afford building new house. We are left with a decision, to live with someone else's house. Year 2018, new house were built. I was in the city when I decided to go back in my hometown hoping for a more better home, only to be disappointed. We expected our uncle(mother's brother) help in financing our house as he manages farms alone owned by their mother but he didn't. They failed us again. The former home was built better than this. Storms come and go, the scenarios were all same. Home getting beaten by the storms. Roof making sounds, silent cries and prayers were all we can do. Hoping the storm stop so that we can sleep and feel better. A better home is always a wish, I wished to come true. Maybe, if we have resources and better opportunities it will one day came true. Maybe, one day it will happen to us, a better home like my mother sibling, a table filled with lots and delicious food and pockets filled with better salary. To my grandmother, please don't neglect my mother. Be fair and treat her like how you treat your favored children. And this is our story.