Sara , the eldest of two , was always keen on helping her family. She lost her childhood , because she had to grow up fast. When other kids her age was worrying about boyfriend's , she was worrying about how to save some money for college. Things we're infact really hard for her family.
The big problem began back in 2002 , when her Grandpa decided to buy a house . Things all went well . It was an okay house with some plantation. Everything was fine until one day , they received an eviction notice from the court. They thought this must be a mistake. One day , the police came , pushed them , pulled them , out to the roadside. They didn't quite understand what was happening. They had infact got this house the right way, they had paid all the taxes , so why is this happening?!
But grandpa , was reluctant to tell about all this to Sara's dad. Grandpa wanted to take care of it himself. He was a very proud man. He was also a farmer. So he hired a lawyer with what money he had. Then cases were going on and on. They we're back to living in that house with the case going on. But , in 2006 , when Sara and her family came to grandpa's house , they had no idea these things were even happening. Then , one day the police comes again. But this time, Sara , her mom , grandma and her baby sister are the only ones in the house. The police officer shouts and says harsh stuff to them , Sara only 10 yr old at that time , was in tears , seeing all this. And there was a man(let's call him Mr. X) in the police Jeep , apparently it was him who filed the complain.
This is when Sara's dad knows what was happening . It was very devastating in the beginning , but grandpa assured everyone. So this is what had happened Mr. X had paid some advance for this same plot before grandpa . But the owner , didn't even mention this to grandpa and took both Mr. X's money and Grandpa's money . And ultimately grandpa got the house , without knowing the betrayal behind. But as this house now belongs to grandpa , the case and all the problems were raised to grandpa.
Everyone thought this case would end , but it continued for many many years. It literally made them bankrupt. This was one of her families problems. Now literally homeless Sara , still believed that there is going to be a happy ending for all , she was one of those hopeful people. But , that wasn't her case , first it was her parents , they were too weak . Her mom has cyst in her breast and fibroids in her uterus . Her mom has bleeding every single day. It was Soo hard. Then her dad , he had migraine , he had a bad temper and many problems of his own.
Even then , she still hold on to that one bit of Hope , she always thought and cared about her small sister but one day her sister "Emily" told her that , she made her life so miserable. She told her that because of her successes , she was unable to be even alive. She said that "You Don't care for me , You only care for yourself". And many other things. Yes , it was understandable considering she was still a teenager, but to her those were very hurtful words.
Ever since she was small she only cared about her family members. But nobody understood her. She felt very sad and alone. Then , one vacation while she was back home. Her sister suddenly became very ill. It was the worst.
Sara couldn't take it anymore . She prayed to GOD , she cried and cried. " Oh God , why is this happening to my family?? What have we done that was so bad?? I don't know, I have always tried to be a good person , but still ...😫😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 " . She couldn't smile. She couldn't do anything.
She was lost somehow, but seeing her family all very depressed. She thought to herself , if I don't make them happy who else would! f I don't give inspiration to then who else would!! I know things are at the worst right now , but only if I have that little faith and hope , we can be alive . Everything was falling apart but she needed to be more positive for her family's sake too.
So she put on a fake smile , in the beginning it was very hard. Many times she felt like crying , she had to control herself. Then she got used to it. Even when her parents were yelling at her , because of all the frustration. Even when her sister was yelling at her. She kept on that positive face. Because she had to. She chose to smile and let god handle all the problems. She believed that " FOR GOD NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, NO PROBLEM IS UNSOLVABLE FOR HIM" . And she believed God will actually help them.
I hope you guys liked my story!
This is my entry for #seekhappiness writing contest.