A Caregiver’s Story

Sarah (Sharon Cuneta), a grade school English teacher, joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs functional in the United acres to support her husband, Teddy (John Estrada), in making a better rachising for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipino experience working as nurses and health professionals in the U. K. , this story also charts Sarahs journey to self-discovery from a yielding wife who makes sacrifices to make way for her Teddys aspirations to an empowered woman who finds dignity and vainglory in a humbling job as a c begiver in capital of the United Kingdom.The story begins as Sarah says goodbye to her familiar world. After cultivation an arduous course in caregiving, she bids farewell to the Grade 5 classroom where she teaches English. She buys a winter coat for her son Paulo (John Manalo) and promises he will consumption it once she can afford to take him to London. In typical Pinoy fashion, she shares weeping goodbyes with her whole family at the airport wh en she finally leaves for the United Kingdom. Sarah arrives in London. At their apartment, she and Teddy share a passionate reunion.In a honeymoon mood, he takes her to the beautiful sights around London. While window-shopping at a famous mall, Sarah meets Sean (Makisig Morales), a spunky Filipino boy, as he tries to shoplift java bars. After the initial fleeting period of excitement, she experiences the hard challenges every Filipino caregiver faces every day cold weather, dirty work and exhausting patients. Meanwhile, Teddy also struggles with the daily grind in the hospital where he works. He is stressed and drinks often because he has failed the nursing test twice. despite the difficulty of adjusting to London life, however, Sarah faithfully stands by her Teddy. She tries to make the most of the post by doing her best at work and earns the respect of Mr. Morgan, a wealthy old man. Teddy is oblivious to her success, however, as he is absorbed in his own problems with work. S arah finds solace in her friendship with Mr. Morgan and his son David, who seems to appreciate her much than Teddy does, and with Sean, who eases her longing for her own son. Tension rises between Sarah and Teddy as the stress of London life takes its toll on their marriage.Because of mounting departure both at work and home, Teddy decides to give up. He tells Sarah that they are going back to the Philippines. Sarah finds it very hard to accept Teddys decision. She knows that staying in London is the best thing for their family, because returning to the Philippines would only mean going back to the same problems they had before. Will Sarah choose to remain by Teddys side to cover her family intact? Or will she find the strength to stay in London to continue seeking a better life for her son, in time if it means losing her marriage?