Yesterday was too depressing

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Yesterday, it was the town fiesta. It was a day of celebration, feasting, and pure town spirit. My mom, sister and I went to our aunt's place to celebrate. We were anticipating so much joy, so much festivity. But I guess it's always not good to expect too much. Yes we were happy. My aunt even joined the parade because she was awarded as the most outstanding secondary teacher in our province. But after much merriment about that, we stumbled upon a family drama that was really too depressing, even for me. When we got there, everything seemed normal. When one of the visitors (one of my cousins) looked for the daughter-in-law of my aunt, she said that May (that's her daughter-in-law) was already abroad working. We were rather shocked. Because that was unexpected. We didn't even know that she had plans of working elsewhere. Then when my mom talked to Erwin (my aunt's son and May's husband) and asked him where May is, he said, "I threw her out of the house". Again we were shocked. There's two versions already. So my nosy cousin (who's also a visitor like us) asked Erwin and May's youngest daughter where her mom is. And she said "Mom's gone. She's abroad. But she's not coming back. She rode a bus." Then that's it. We really don't know the real story behind. All we got from Erwin is that they are separated. They got separated but we don't know why. It's wrong to pry but human as we are, we're just wondering why. It's sad. They have 2 kids. One is 8 years old and the other is 4. They're too young. What's even sadder is the fact that Erwin is not working. At 34, he's not working. He jumps from 1 job to another. He has no stable income. As of now, my aunt and my uncle are the ones supporting HIS family. My aunt is a teacher and my uncle is already retired. They have another son in Canada. But he had some problems with his working visa there so my aunt is still the one supporting him there. Imagine that. My family is close to my aunt's family. When we were younger, we used to spend time in their house almost everyday. That's why we grew close. It's just too depressing to learn their family problems. Their family drama is worth a television show if you know the whole story. It's just really sad. Later that night at the fiesta, Erwin's youngest daughter threw a tantrum. She was asking for her mom. My aunt just told her "Baby, grandma is here. Come here. Mommy is not coming back soon". But the kid just continued crying. She cried and cried and my aunt couldn't do anything about her. Even Erwin couldn't calm her down. It was a depressing moment. I wanted to hug my aunt right there and then. My mom wanted to do that too (as she told my sister and I when we got home). It was too much to see her family turn out that way. I'm praying that everything will be okay for them. Maybe not soon but eventually. I'm praying for her son Erwin to see what's become of his own family and act on it. He has 2 kids to support. His parents won't be around forever to support them. I pray that her son in Canada would have his working visa arranged already. I pray for their family. That all their problems would go away.