All Sandra ever wanted was a happy home and peace of mind. She was just seven years old when she lost her mother and her father had to get himself another wife.
She have two older siblings that were not up to 10 years old and immediately the stepmother entered their home everything changed.
Sandra' father was a very wealthy man and money wasn't supposed to be a problem but her step mother made it a huge problem. She would lament day and night that their father was treating them better than her own children. This was the cause of many fights and quarrel in their home.
She was twenty years old when she decided to get married not because she was ready but because she want to get away from the house. Being independent at 18 years old is not for every country. In her own country a lady have to stay with her parents atleast till she is done with school or if marriage happens.
Many suitors started coming to seek for her hand in marriage and most of them were rich. She turned them down because she didn't see in them the quality she wanted in a man.
There came this particular man in an old motorcycle. He was seven years older than Sandra and he said to her...
I might not be a rich man but i will love you with all the breath in me. I will take care of you like a baby and make sure that you never go hungry.
She laughed out so hard and wondered if the man thought that it was food she was going into marriage to eat. There was something about the man that Sandra loved. He was sincere and kind also.
Sandra told her father that he is the one and his father was not onlyexasperated but irritated. He tried to stop her but she kept insisting. So he gave him and asked the man to come with his people for formal marriage introduction.
On the introduction day, the man came with his family in an old bus and the date for the marriage was fixed. Everyone in Sandra's family laughed at her including her step mother and her children. They made mockery of her choice of man but she remained indifferent.
On her wedding day, her family put out just few canopies for the ceremony because they all know that Sandra's husband was not rich but what they later witnessed made them to hire more canopies at the 11th hour.
The people that came to the wedding from her husband's side were many and they were surprised. Not just any type of people but big business moguls. Money was raining eveeywhere and Sandra's father was perplexed while her step mother watched with her mouth open. It turned out that Sandra's husband wasn't a poor man afterall but a very successful businessman.
Sandra went home with her husband after the marriage rites and they lived happily ever after. In their 25 years wedding anniversary she said...
When i married my husband i didn't know that he is a rich man. I only knew that he is my peace. This man gave me so much more that i wasn't expecting. For twenty-five years that we have been married he has never pointed his finger at me in anger. He loves and respects me beyond words. Our children are so proud of the father they are blessed with. In my quest for a home with peace of mind i landed on a gold mine.