Julie has been living away from us since her college years. she would call our landline every other day if not daily.
    I was still young enough to deal with the separation.

    Julie was sent to Australia for a special training. She would use me as her alarm clock. I had to call her daily.
    Emil was horrified with our PLDT bills. So I was sent to join Julie. But this did not last I had to be a wife and not only a mother to Julie.

    When Emil was with USAID he had to fly to Naga on weekends every month till it was rainy season.
     I wasn’y fazed with reports of near plane disasters.

     Emil went to Indonesia with Dr Jeanne etc to deliver papers. I had no caregivers then. But I survived.