Family First

This is a re-post from my old blog

Jean* is the eldest in the family. She has three more siblings. She was one of my closest friends since high school. She was a good friend, a good student, a good sister and definitely a good daughter. She never had a boyfriend in high school.

So,  I was surprised and happy when I found out that she was going out with someone when we were in 3rd year college. I never met the guy, but I knew him through her. He seems to be just as nice as she was, just as responsible and possibly just as poor as the rest of us. They were together for 2 years.

They graduated from college and started working. Jean, a nurse by profession, did not take the board exam. She said she couldn't pass it without the review and the review was expensive. So, she applied in Taiwan as a factory worker. She worked there for 2 years to support her family while her boyfriend was faithfully waiting here for her.

She came home when her contract ended. For some reasons unknown to us at the time SHE BROKE UP WITH HER BOYFRIEND. After a while, she went back to Taiwan. A couple of years passed. I found out that she married a wealthy Taiwanese.

Now, she is living very comfortably in Taiwan. She has a nice husband and 2 wonderful children. I believe she is happy and so is the rest of her family. She comes home twice a year and sometimes she invites her parents over to Taiwan. 2 of her siblings were able to work there as well and theirs is the biggest house in the barrio where their family lives.

I am happy for her. I am happy for her family. I feel sorry for her ex-boyfriend whom, I am glad, I never met...

 *not real name