All Is Well

Jesusa Lucas-Lindow

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ALL is WELL tells the story of a woman’s escape from death, rape, forbidden love, and her journey to success, ruins, love and redemption.
Her strict parents raised her to become God-fearing and respectable. She defies them when she applies for a job as a modern comfort woman for Japanese men in Japan. Before she is shipped to Japan, she falls in love and decides to stay for her beloved’s sake. What follows is Jesusa’s trek to a prohibited love zone where pain and only short-term joy reigns.
Fortunately, generous relatives help her, and her kids, escape to America to begin a new life.
In her desire to reach financial success, she takes on three jobs and also begins a career in the real estate and mortgage industries. After tasting success, she finds herself living life on edge. But soon, her foray in the high stakes game of real estate wheel and deal peaks unpleasantly. Financial ruin looms ahead.
Jesusa’s innate goodness perseveres, and she makes it her mission to alter her career practice. As part of her redemption, Jesusa attempts to regain her authentic self and her spirituality. She also begins her philanthropic work.
Jesusa’s life takes a beautiful turn when she meets, through Match.Com, the handsome, charming, and successful engineer, Richard Lindow. With him, Jesusa finds unparalleled love, the kind that makes her feel everything will turn out alright. No one else has made her feel this heavenly feeling, and she wants to make it permanent. But does he want her as much as she wants him?
To her dismay, he tells her he is not ready for a committed relationship. Her feelings for him remain strong even after he rejects her. It is Richard’s name her heart cries out when the equally handsome and multi-millionaire Henry proposes marriage to her.
Jesusa’s fairy tale life and love story is a must read.

Sujets

• Lettres et linguistique
• All Is Well
• Biography
• Memoir
• Famous
• Love Story
• Rich
• Family
• Autobiography
• Life

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 16 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781665574785
• Langue: English

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ALL IS WELL


A MEMOIR





Jesusa Lucas-Lindow










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© 2022 Jesusa Lucas-Lindow. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/15/2022

ISBN: 978-1-6655-7479-2 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-7478-5 (e)






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CONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgment

Chapter 1 Resurrected
Chapter 2 A World of My Own
Chapter 3 Lessons, Grasshoppers, and Typhoons
Chapter 4 Refusing Bully Victimization
Chapter 5 The Wonder Years
Chapter 6 At Seventeen
Chapter 7 Sister, Sister
Chapter 8 Those School Girl Days
Chapter 9 A Monster Among Us
Chapter 10 And Then Love Happened
Chapter 11 Journey to Yesterday
Chapter 12 Bittersweet Love
Chapter 13 A Complex Love Story
Chapter 14 Why I Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Chapter 15 What to Do with Lemons
Chapter 16 Reality Bites
Chapter 17 Rude Awakening
Chapter 18 A New Life
Chapter 19 The Curse of Love
Chapter 20 Trial by Fire
Chapter 21 Expect The Unexpected
Chapter 22 Living on Edge
Chapter 23 And The Dam Burst
Chapter 24 Karma is Not A Beach
Chapter 25 The Steep Learning Curve
Chapter 26 Moving Forward
Chapter 27 Finding Authenticity
Chapter 28 Faith and Renewal
Chapter 29 And The Search Began
Chapter 30 Self-discovery
Chapter 31 My Crucible of Love
Chapter 32 The Door that Opened
Chapter 33 The Path to Love
Chapter 34 Coming Full Circle
Chapter 35 Celebrations
Chapter 36 Being Mrs. Lindow
Chapter 37 The Secret to Our Union
Chapter 38 Dance with My Father
Chapter 39 A New Adventure
Chapter 40 Mommy Dearest
Chapter 41 A Means to an End
Chapter 42 All is Well
Chapter 43 Thank You



DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my parents, Roman Marquez Lucas, and Nelia Garino Lucas, who nurtured us and gave us unconditional love. I hope you are smiling down on us from heaven knowing that we, your children, are happy and fulfilled. All is well, mom and dad.



ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I am thankful to my husband, Richard, whose love, undying support, and encouragement became my backbone as I try to undertake what I have set out to achieve in life: have a successful career, manage my charitable foundation, and perform my other hobbies and interests. You’ve always been there for me. I hope you know I will always be there for you as well.
I also wish to thank my two beautiful daughters, Nica and Jovelle, for their loving support and for inspiring me to be the best person I can be.
Much appreciation to my sisters, Virgie and Emily, my nieces Eloisa, Ivy, Cristine, and Kailani; my nephews, Kainoa, and David, and my brothers-in-law, Mike & Sonny, for all your love and support, and for your contribution as directors and officers of All is Well Foundation.
Special gratitude goes to my Aunt Gloria, and her husband, Uncle Daryll, and their entire family for taking us to America. You have helped change my life for the better and I am eternally grateful.
My deepest love and appreciation to my grandmother, Saludia, who is 100 years old and still feisty as ever.
Special thanks to Hensel Phelps Construction Company for their continued donation to All is Well Foundation. Much appreciation as well to friends who consistently attend our fundraising events and for your kind donation. With your support, All is Well Foundation is able to touch more lives and make a difference.
Kudos to All is Well Foundation team in the Philippines—to Manong Bert Sanidad, Macamias’ Barangay Captain Romy Garino, and his family, and every one of my uncles and aunties, cousins, nieces, nephews and relatives, neighbors, and my best friends in high school for your support and assistance.
I also extend warm appreciation to Kyle Javier, founder of Tiny Blessings, for his commitment and dedication to his mission of helping homeless children in Metro Manila. Thank you for your inspiring work and for making this world a better place.
I also thank the teachers of elementary students in the Philippines who are beneficiaries of All is Well Foundation’ s gift-giving program. As educators, you are instrumental in helping these children become better citizens and future leaders of the country.
Many thanks as well to the Lions Club for your hard work, honesty, and assistance to our humanitarian mission.
My heartfelt thanks to FAMES Hawaii, the members of the Golden Divas, AFHA, OFCC, All prestigious associations here in Hawaii and every one of my precious friends since 2005 including Lani, Adela, Yonie, Janet and Maria. And to my recently acquired friends who have become dear to me: Nora, Ruby, Rosalie, Annie, my Facebook friends, and friends whose names may not be here but are etched in my heart. You certainly have made my life more interesting and meaningful. Thank you.
To my pageant sisters, I am beaming with gratitude for your continued support for All is Well Foundation, and for your love and friendship during the 2019 Mrs. Hawaii America Pageant. You will always be a part of my life and I will forever treasure our pageant memories.
To all my real estate clients who have become my good friends, thank you for your trust in me. Without you, it would have been impossible for me to carry on the mission of All is Well Foundation. I am so grateful for your business and for your loyalty.
Many thanks to Dr. Sol Manaay who helped me write this memoir. Putting my life out in public wasn’t an easy decision. With her writing expertise, I believe my story has all the components it needs to become an interesting read: drama, intrigue, humor, human interest, and business insights. I was not sure at first that I wanted to put my story out, but now that it’s done, I’m glad I did it.
Finally, my sincerest thanks to all of you who have inspired me to do well, and those who have taken an interest in my foundation. I am forever grateful for your unexpected kindness.
I wish you all great blessings!



CHAPTER 1
Resurrected
As a child, I have died and may have been to heaven, but heaven sent me back to earth. I realized now that I returned to the world of the living to fulfill a mission, and to tell my story in the hopes of inspiring others.
This book is not about how or why I died, but how I went through hell before I found my heaven here on earth.
Throughout my journey, I realized that I always have a choice in what goes on in my life. Fate may have something to do with how our life unfolds, but the choices we make have major consequences. Luck also plays a part, but luck is not a stand-alone entity. Luck manifests through the role that other people play in our life. And these people usually are the influencers and the scaffolds of our foundation and they help strengthen and inspire us to reach for our stars. For me, my mother and father were my earlier influencers, and they were my lucky charms. Their influence early on as generous patrons of the needy motivated and inspired me to create a charitable Foundation.
We were poor growing up, but compared to others in our little barrio, our life was much better. It was better because our parents made it seem better through their parenting style that was rich in love and kind nurture. They did everything in their power to provide food on our table, roof above our heads, and clothes on our back, among other necessities. Though, when we ventured outside, we realized what we had was meager and subpar.
We lived in a barrio called Macamias, which was located in a Philippine province. Naturally, all we saw around us were rice fields. Nothing but rice fields. At the time, we didn’t know the difference.
My father, a rice farmer at heart, leased lands so he could plant rice for commercial purposes. He also held regular jobs—first as an office worker, then as a police officer. Even after he joined the police force, he continued his vocation as a rice farmer.
Both my parents woke up before dawn and would not sleep until their work for the day was done.
Unlike some parents whose children labored in the farms with them, my mom and dad never asked us to help. Looking back, there was no doubt that my parents had aimed high for us. They handed us a blueprint for how we should live our life—not to become laborers like them. It was more because we were girls, and they wanted a better life for us. They even trained us to call them daddy and mommy. In our town, only kids of rich families call their parents mommy and daddy. Children in ordinary homes, like ours, call their mother nanay and tatay for father.
So, there we were, living in the middle of marshy