“Your tragedies have mold you into the person you have become, now be with yourself and strive for your destiny. Write your own fate.”
She started to tell me her story in a humbled tone, with a glow in her eyes. Hassena got married to her husband at a very young age. Due to their low household income and better prospects in their home town, Hassena decided to move to Karachi with her family . Her husband used to work in a factory, but due to his diabetes he was unable to work for long hours.
Life was tough at first, when they moved to the big city. Her husband used to be the sole bread winner of the family. Despite of their limited means and resources, they were always very thoughtful about the future of their children and of their own too.
“I with my husband moved from Nawabshah to Karachi, leaving everything behind, because there it was very difficult to make both ends meet. After moving here my husband started a job, but he had to leave it because of diabetes. Then I started working in the same factory he used to work at.” - Hassena
