When My Dad Passed Away, The Responsibility Of The Entire Family Fell On My Shoulders

When My Dad Passed Away, The Responsibility Of The Entire Family Fell On My Shoulders

Source: Humans of Pakistan

When my dad passed away, the responsibility of the entire family fell on my shoulders because I was the eldest child.
We were financially bankrupt with zero assistance from relatives or friends. So I had to step out and play breadwinner for my household. Luckily I found a freelance writing job, and a while later I enrolled in university to get an education.

I will always be indebted to the few relatives who recognized the promise in me and helped me pay my first fee. Later, I began photographing events, particularly weddings, and soon discovered it to be my latent passion.

Two years have passed since I’ve been working as a wedding photographer and I couldn’t be more in love with what I do.

Now, at the age of 22, Alhamdulilah, I am able to support myself and my family of 4. I’m a part of one of the largest international student run organization, and a prominent student as well.

I’m thankful to Him for giving me this life and making me who I am today. Throughout the toughest trials of my life, He held onto me as I held onto Him until I finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel.

If there’s any lesson I’ve learned from life, it can be summed up as this:
“Life will continue throwing challenges at you and amidst every failure and knock-down lay a driblet of hope gather them up and you’ll have oceans of it. And hope is what leads you out of darkness”.

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