Kevin did not received anything from the company....
He did not lose hope at first, he still tried his best to look for a new job. But to no avail, his record was tarnished by his termination from his job. The only consolation was that he was not put into jail by his previous company. He started to change. He always comes home drunk at night. He forgot how a good husband and a father he was before it happened. His wife, loving and understanding eversince, always tried to console him and talked to convince him to never give up trying. But her words fell into deaf ears...
Christmas season is once again coming and it was the days when they usually decorate their house. Kevin never helped his wife and their children instead he goes out to drink with his drinking buddies. Then one night when he arrived, his wife once more beg for him to change and once again be the same Kevin that they knew. Being drunk and not in his usual self, he forgot to control himself and unintentionally hurt his wife. Fearing that this might be the start of more physical abuse from her husband, Kevin's wife decided to leave and brought along their children. She just left a letter saying that it was for the good of everybody.
Kevin soon realized what he had done after reading the letter. Bringing along all the courage that he have left with him to face his wife and his wife's parents, he tried to convince her to come back home but she refused. Many times he tried... Many times he failed convincing her. The trauma of being hurt physically from someone she did not expected that will do it to her was still there. And besides their kids were already studying and Kevin's wife could not leave her new job.
Christmas came and Kevin celebrated it by himself. Unlike before, there were no laughter that could be heard from their home. No lights and no decors. How he wish that his family was complete. So, he promised to himself that he will change his ways. He tried to look for a new job again. He never gave up because of his commitment to his plan to bring back his family. It is the only way to show his wife that he changed and deserves another chance.
One day, he met his old friend way back from their college who started a new company and was looking for him for a long time. Knowing Kevin as a good man, his friend offered him a job which he accepted but not before Kevin telling his friend about what happened to his previous job. His friend believed that he could not do such thing and Kevin immediately started in his new job. He did his best and not long after, he was promoted to a higher position.
TIC TAC TIC TAC.... His flashback stopped. It was almost midnight and he was already sleepy. Off he went to his room to prepare to sleep. After praying and whispering his Christmas wish just like before, he laid down to sleep. He was about to close his eyes when suddenly he heard some people singing Christmas carols outside his house. Thinking that these were the same kids he saw a while ago, he took some money from his pocket and went outside.
To his surprise, the people singing carols outside were his wife and their children! Tears flowing from his eyes, Kevin did not wait them to finish singing and he immediately hugged them tightly. Thanking Jesus, the birthday celebrant, for the GIFT he promised to be a better husband and father than ever before!
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