Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/12
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) For the husband of Melody Albano Castro, the Filipino caregiver
Photo courtesy of Jayson Albano
killed in the recent Hualien earthquake, the grief of losing his beloved wife has caused him unimaginable pain that no one seems to know how to deal with.
“He is always crying, we don’t understand well what he is saying,” said Mishelle Pacquing Macanaya Rosales, Castro’s cousin, referring to Castro’s husband, identified as Jay-ar.
The right side of Jay-ar’s body was paralyzed in a motor accident in 2014, making it hard for him to speak clearly, and that has prevented him from expressing his feelings about Castro’s death in front of family members, Rosales said.
“The aura of his face looks like it’s very hard to accept.”
The accident was a primary reason behind Castro’s decision to leave Jay-ar and their three-year-old daughter behind to work as a caregiver in Taiwan. She wanted to save up for a brain operation for her husband, Rosales said in an online interview with CNA on Sunday night. [FULL STORY]