Under One Roof

One of the things I am thankful for is that I was born to a family with simple dreams and simple joys in life. We live in a modest house. My siblings and I went to private schools but nothing too fancy. We don’t have a car at the moment but we used to have one. Again, nothing too fancy. It’s an old Toyota. We sold it when my mom got sick. Right now, we could have gotten another one already because my sister is volunteering to get a car loan but since parking is a problem in our area, we opted not to. We are happy with taxicabs anyway.

We have ordinary things at home. We own one tv set. No fancy radios here, just one old radio that we bought for my dad. The one we had before stopped functioning when Hazel did something to it. No one in the family even owns an iPod, or a fancy cellphone. I have a laptop and a desktop that I use for work. We don’t have an oven (microwave, yes) or any fancy kitchen gadget.

When my mom was alive, her only dream was to travel abroad. Even once. Sadly, that didn’t materialize. But I know for a fact that she was happy we had more than enough until she passed away. And can you believe my dad’s dream? He just wanted to go to Baguio City because he hadn’t been to that city! Now that it’s already fulfilled, he is targeting a trip for the whole family to Cebu City again to visit Sto. Nino de Cebu.

My own dream? Just to be financially stable and for the family to move to a quiet neighborhood.