MY COUSIN SUNSHINE

Sunshine was second to the eldest among 7 children . Her parents were both hardworking and business minded borrowing merchandize (jewelries) from jewelers in Batangas City on consignment basis. Both were trustworthy and started their small jewelry store at their rented house within the town vicinity. Little by little they became known that people from barangays and neighboring towns come to buy their products. They even set up goldsmith and watch repair shops. H.er parents were able to send her and her siblings to school. For just a span of 2 years, they became financially stable. After graduation from high school, Sunshine took up BS NURSING at PHIL. WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY in Manila. Every weekend she returned to her hometown in Laguna but by that time , one of their workers in goldsmith shop courted her .Sunshine was a pretty woman that every man may notice her mestiza look. When she graduated in college she took up and passed the nursing licensure exam. She fall in love for the goldsmith and got married. At first, their relationship was so strong . She worked in one of the government hospitals in Manila. By that time she already had 3 kids. A year later, she was impregnated and gave birth to a baby girl by caesarian section but hours later she became comatosed. When she opened her eyes she can't speak, can't even walk wherein she needed the help of her mother. Her mother, sisters and brothers took turn in taking care of her. She was bedridden in the hospital in MANILA while her husband in the province is working but having a fling for another woman. Her mother sacrificed a lot for her even unattending their business in the province. Her parents also shouldered her hospitalization and other expenses causing the collapse of their business while her husband was spending much in drinking and womanizing. He even spent in his vices her disability benefit . After few moths, she was taken home to her mother's house where she took care of her. Her parents suffered so much for what happened to her. They even supported for her husband's obligation to their children. The child she gave birth is alive. Her husband left her and lived with his other woman. After 5 years , my cousin SUNSHINE finally rested and met her Creator. I pity her but anyway, there in heaven, there are no sufferings ....only happiness at the side of the LORD.