"I never thought that my life was almost over when I made a choice."
My name is Maureen Natividad. I was born in the Philippines year 1991. I had a good life back then with my parents. I'm an only child but, my childhood was still awesome. I grew up thinking that everything was perfect. Not until when I turned sixteen, my dad left our home to be with his other woman. My life fell apart and I was really heartbroken knowing that the perfect family I had was destroyed. I saw how my mom suffered from too much pain. The only thing I can do was to comfort her. That's the least I can do for her to accept the fact that my dad chose his mistress over us.
Four years later, I saw some changes like my mom felt happy when she was talking to someone over the phone. I was a little bit curious if who was she talking to. After a couple of days, my mom told me that she had something to tell me. "Maureen, I'm...