Middle of last year, we realized that one of our kids are already grown up that he is able to find a job and support his family. Our initial plan is to send him home first to see his sick mother.
Word was sent to his remote hometown in Battambang. Days later, his mother called our female widow pleading to convince us to let Joel stay with us because there is no job and no hope and no future for him in their hometown. It doesn't matter if she die without seeing him but, as long as we will promise to help her son to have a brighter future is already enough for her.
To date, Joel still stay with us and our administrator has given him a job in the home. Joel's name was originally "Chawan" but we change it to Joel because it's easy to remember and the meaning conform to his features and traits.
Joel means strength. He truly became the strength of my husband during his temporary physical inability to move and to do the usual work in the school and home.
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