My name is Merbinson. I am 10 years old. I have a father, mother and brother, who is 12 years old. We were a very happy family with two boys and a sweet little sister. After the Tsunami, I lost my only sister, house, and other belongings. My father is not able to go for work anymore. My mother is in shock. She lost her memory and is always in tears thinking about our only sister. So far she has not come out of the shock and is in tears all the time.
It was 26.12.04 after Sunday mass. We were wearing new clothes and had gone out to play with all our friends. My sister was with her friends too. We were so many children. We all saw the sea waves very high and the water went back, so we all ran to catch fish. I only know that much.
After a day, I was taken by some of our relatives to the church. I saw so many dead bodies: my sister and all her friends, four of them were no more. After that we were left without anyone to take care of my brother and me. My father and mother were in the hospital; we were in the camp with our grandmother. She's not able to look after us either.
That was the time Sister Selvi came to the camp and took me to the centre and my brother was sent to the other hostel. Now I am happy in the Centre but I can never see my mother like before or my father going to work every time they go to hospital. I long to see my parents as before as they were happy, hard working and loving parents.
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