Ikinuwento ng former beauty queen na si Miriam Quiambao sa ‘Toni Talks’ ni Toni Gonzaga ang tungkol sa kanyang first marriage.
Inalok raw siya ng kasal ng kanyang ex-husband na Claudio Rondinelli nang mga panahon na nasa tuktok siya ng kasikatan.
Pero kahit na maganda ang career at may mga negosyo, iniwan umano ni Quiambao ang lahat para makasama ang kanyang asawa sa HongKong.
Sa una ay naging masaya naman raw ang takbo ng kanilang relasyon hanggang sa natapos na ang honeymoon stage at nagsimulang magkalabuan dahil sa miscommunication.
Dalawang buwan palang umano silang kasal ay tumigil na ang kanyang asawa sa pagsuot ng kanilang wedding ring at kalaunan ay ipinagpalit rin siya sa mas bata sa kanya.
“Nung simula, happy happy. I was with the love of my life and everything was new. And he was providing this luxurious lifestyle for me na naging pangarap ko din. Masaya in the beginning, but when the reality hit, natapos yung honeymoon stage.
“Tapos may mga problema na hindi namin pinag-uusapan para lang naming winawalis sa ilalim ng carpet pero nandun pa rin yung dumi. And it led to the breakdown of our marriage.
“And all of a sudden, yung luxury, parang wala namang meaning kung hindi naman happy ang relationship nyo diba. If I stayed in that marriage, I felt like I was going to die and shrivel into nothing.
“So after 2 and half years, I received a call from him, sabi niya, ‘I just had a meeting with my lawyers and I want a divorce’.
“Sabi ko bakit, anong meron. “Let’s talk when I get back.”
“Nag-usap kami don sa may kitchen table and I asked him, “Is there someone else?”
“Sabi niya, he fell in love with a much younger woman.
“I was so empty emotionally and spiritually and I didn’t feel loved in that marriage.
“Parang if I stayed on and insisted and I didn’t have my support system around me, I was gonna die or probably get very very sick and die. So umuwi na lang ako.” kwento nito.
Umabot pa raw sa punto na gusto na niyang magpakamatay at na diagnose ng bipolar depression.
“It felt like I was climbing in the ladder of success but finally when I got to the top of the ladder, I realized it was leaning on the wrong wall.
“Ang taas-taas ng expectation ko tapos ganito. I was suicidal, I was ultra-depressed, diagnosed with bipolar depression and I remember lying down on the sofa of my parents house sabi ko, ‘Lord kunin nyo n ako, wala na akong dahilan para mabuhay ‘. Kasi lahat ng pangarap ko nakalakip don sa marriage na ‘yun eh.”
Sa kabila ng mga pinagdaanan, muli namang nakabangon si Miriam sa tulong umano ng pagbabalik-loob sa Panginoon.
“Lahat ng mga identity ko noong nakaraan. Celebrity, ganyan, lahat nawala. Pero ang hindi mawawala sa atin ay pag tinawag tayo ng Panginoon.”
Hanggang sa nakilala niya ang kanyang ikalawang asawa na si Ardy Roberto.
