The travail and triumph of life
“I just wanted to make clothing for my children later on when I learned to sew. I didn’t expect that I could make extra money with it,”
Mommy Wu joyfully added. After the marriage, Life wasn’t as happy as they anticipated. They went through a lot of hardships. However difficult it was, to them, they firmly believed that these will eventually past.
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As soon as Daddy Wu got out of the army and Mommy Wu graduated from High school, they got married.The newly-weds were living with in-laws on the countryside at first. When the first child arrived, Mommy Wu was working in a factory in Beigang, Yunlin , and Daddy Wu was working as a plumber. They were delighted as new parents. |
Daddy Wu was in a police academy for over ten months as part time student, but after the second child was born, he figured he needed a steady income to support the growing family. He decided to become a fireman. For that position, one needs to pass an entrance exam. He sat many times for this exam, and failed. But he never gave up. |
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Mommy Wu had to give up her factory job to become a full-time stay-home-mom. It was easy for her; it was her vocation and calling. To help out the tight budget, she took on a side-job as seamstress, working when the children were asleep. |
The family Wu lived in Taipei for a while, but Taipei City was not an ideal place to live in. The pollution, the noise, and the crowdedness all added to their decision to move back to their back-home, Yunlin. After countless endeavors Daddy Wu finally passed the exam. He quit his plumbing job right away, and after several moves, they settled down in Homei, Chunghua. |
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