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Aug 2022
12m 21s

My Parents Are Punishing Me For Being To...

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The couple walked quickly up the path of the orphanage to the front door. When they got there they put the basket they were carrying on the floor in front of the door. They took a quick look around them to see if anyone was looking and then rang the doorbell.

Without stopping to see if anyone came to answer, they both took off running down the street as though their lives depended on it. The door was opened by a kind looking lady, she took one look at the note on top of the basket and sighed.

The note read: “This baby is far too pretty for us. Please take care of her. Thank you.”

You’re probably thinking that you can’t believe any parent would do that to their own child. Well guess what? That's exactly what happened to me!!

I can’t say that I was unhappy growing up in the orphanage, well I didn’t know any different did I? As they say, “you can’t miss what you’ve never had!”

But I always felt that something was missing from my life. The people at the orphanage took great care of me, I always had hot meals and a comfy bed. I had everything that I needed, but I didn’t have my parents.

The lady who had taken me in all those years ago had told me what had been written on the note. I just couldn’t understand why my parents couldn’t look after me.



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