a household story

there was once a family of 4 who lived in a tall building. the father and mother of this household had children at a young age. their children grew up in this household with great difficulty. their father is angry with their mother. at night, their mother is often crying and the children would wonder why. the children would often feel afraid of their father because he made their mother cry and also make them cry. when the children got bigger, their father and mother chose to live in two different houses. the children were separated, the sister left with the father and the brother left with the mother.

the sister grew up in the same household with the father. one day, she decided to stay with the mother but the father was not happy. the sister went to stay with the mother still and she was much happier.

the brother and the sister do not talk anymore. they do not know how to reconcile their childhood spent together. the brother got married and the sister lived with the mother. the sister soon found out that mother had problems when she was young. she did not tell the father and she felt this caused the separation. the sister then set out to find out more.

what the sister found out was very unsettling. the sister did not realise that the mother had a painful childhood. the sister then sat down and reflected on her life. the sister finds that her parents both had painful childhood memories. the father did not have a happy thought of his father. the grandfather was no more in singapore and the grandmother has passed away. the sister thinks there is more to the relationship between the father and the grandfather. she thinks the grandmother was made used of by the grandfather who was irresponsible. this made the father angry because he grew up to realise this truth much later.

the sister is left to think through the whole family history by herself. she thinks there have been many misunderstandings and memories not shared with the family. she then feels and concludes that she, her brother, her parents were nursing an inner child that has been hurt throughout their lives. she thinks that this is reality of life and that people are more than what they seem.

the sister cherishes her family despite the trials and tribulations she's been through to realise the history of her small family.