Getting Ready

When I was in High School I always dream of going abroad to work. I saw families who had one or two relatives who's out there earning dollars had a good life. Back then a "good" life was they have more than what I always had.

Now as I prepare myself to be ready to leave and face a new challenge in my life I begin to wonder. What is a good life?

I will be leaving to some other country and work my ass off for, I dunno, say 5 or 10 years, and leave behind a beautiful princess. It is a cost I have to pay. A consequence to a promise I thought would be kept but later on broken.

A good or better life?

I can actually stay and give what I can offer my precious little girl and my family too. But she doesn't deserve any hardship. She doesn't deserve anything less than what I can offer. She deserves to have more. She deserves the best. Better life means going to school and not worry about where to get your money to buy books and all those school supplies. Get the best education (meaning, not just the public/free education). Get the best food on the table (not just some viand now and the same tomorrow, and the next day). Pay off the house. Raise the college fund.

Tears
When I leave, it won't be long, I promise (whisper to andie). You have to wait for me. Enjoy being a kid and let me be your provider.