Dear Eve,
For 26 years I have lived happily with the people I believe are my parents.My mom always take good care of me from my childhood,she scold me when necessary,we fight and make up infact our family was a sweet one and my Father was my best friend until two years ago.
One Sunday morning I returned home from church but my parents weren't back yet,A man was sitting on the gate post him.The man wore the look of anxiety when he saw me,I greeted him and he stood up from his sit and hugged me.All my though is that he might be a distance uncle who has come to visit our house.I ushered him into the sitting room and gave him water to drink on his request.When my parents came back in the afternoon and saw the man,They weren't pleased.Infact my Dad left his stretched hands for hand shake hanging in the hair,he walked away.My mother stood dried up in the sitting room and couldn't move for a while.I saw my mother dry up at once like someone who saw a ghost.After waiting in vain for my parents to come out from their room for countless hours the man left.
From that day,my parents became more caring towards me.My mother would call me more eight times a day to check up on me.My father wouldn't allow me leave his sight but all these I didn't read meaning to it.The strange'man visit continued but this time in more frequent mode.After five visits,the man came one day with one man and a woman.On that day they held endless conversations with my parents.At a point I could hear my mother saying"we can't,we will not do it"
The visitation of the three strangers came to an end one evening and that have left my life in a mess.My parents weren't at home that evening,I was about going to the field to play ball with my friend when I heard the gateman screaming on top of his voice,he was telling the person to go back,when the shouting from the gateman became intense I came out at that point to find out what the problem was,I wasn't surprised to find out that it was the woman who always come with that man.She said she wanted to see me,why me ma my parents are not at home?She said I should go home with her because I'm her son.I let out a laugh because it was like a joke.I told her that I don't understand what she was saying.She said am her son again,at that point I left her there and went to the field with my friend.When I got to the field I played like never before because I felt the woman was not normal or has a hidden agenda.
After dinner that night,I told my parents what happened,I ecpected my parents to laugh or deny it rather they were both shocked and quite.I nearly past out,the walls became smaller and my eyes were filled with tears.But the main shocker was when mom Woke me up the next morning,she and my Father were sitting on my bed.My father narrated to me how he and my mother tried for so many years to conceive but couldn't.His friend who happened to be that first man that came to the house told him one day about a girl who has gotten pregnant after being raped.The girl agreed to sell the the baby to my parents and my parents took care of her until she delivered the baby and that was me.My parents sent her away with hug amount of money and I became theirs.Now the lady wants me back but my parents refused to let me go.That was why the man came but my parents refused to listen to his reasons at the point where he got frustrated,he had to come with my birth mother and her brother to come and talk to my parents yet my parents refused to give me back and threatened to sue them.
From that moment I hated my parents and my so called birth mother.i became confused about what I'm,who I'm and what the future hold for me.The most devastating part is that I was a product of rape.
I left home four days later,with my little allowance I relocated to Ghana.The last time I heard from anyone from home is from my friend.He told me how my birth mother arrested my adoptive parents after they couldn't provide me.She alleged that my adoptive parents might have harmed me or hide me.They case has been in the court and now I feel home sick.i don't know if it should be wise to return home.
Please what do I do?
Onome.
Dear Onome,
I know you suppose to feel the way you felt when you learnt that you were adopted but you were wrong by living home.It was no one's fault that you came to the world through such circumstances but fate.
Now,you must return home to your adoptive parents.They were there for you when no one else was.They cleaned up and fed you love now you don't owe them anything but love until you do this inner peace you might not find because you are not at peace with your past.They didnt want to give you back to your birth mother because they have loved you,they don't want to loose you.They didn't tell you either because most time adoptive parents think your ego might be hurt or you will withdraw from them that is the reason most of them hide the truth from their adopted children.You have to return home and apologize to them,give them back the love they gave to you and find out why your birth mother wants you back then it's your decision to decided whether to return to your birth mother or stay with your adoptive parents.
Know that even though the circumstances around your birth might not be rosy but the truth is that you are a special child.God loves you and have a great destiny prepared for you that's why he created you at first.Then you must have to accept the truth and forget any other thing and focus on fulfilling God's purpose for your life.you might've think that the society might come to say things about you but no people are busy with their lives to care what happens in your life.so Goodluck as you take the bold step.
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