21/05/2026
I Was Abandoned at the Orphanage Home â Part 1
I was only five years old the day my mother left me at the orphanage.
I still remember the yellow dress I was wearing. It had a small tear near the pocket, and my slippers were too big for my feet. My mother held my hand tightly as we walked through the big black gate of the orphanage home.
âStay close to me,â she whispered.
I didnât know what an orphanage was. I thought maybe we came to visit someone. Children were running around the compound laughing, but something about the place felt cold to me.
A tall woman wearing glasses came outside and smiled at my mother.
âYouâre welcome,â she said softly.
My mother forced a smile, but I noticed her eyes were red like she had been crying.
She bent down and touched my face.
âBe a good girl, okay?â she said.
âMummy, are we going home soon?â I asked innocently.
She looked away immediately.
That was when fear entered my heart for the first time.
The woman led us into a small office. I sat quietly while they talked in low voices. I couldnât hear everything, but I heard one sentence clearly.
âI have no other choice.â
My mother started crying.
I ran to hug her legs immediately.
âMummy donât cry⌠Iâll be a good girl,â I said.
She hugged me so tightly that day like she never wanted to let go.
Then suddenly⌠she removed my hands from her body.
âIâll come back for you,â she promised.
And she walked away.
At first, I smiled and waited for her to turn back.
But she didnât.
I ran after her.
âMUMMY!â
The gate closed before I could reach her.
I still remember screaming and hitting the gate with my tiny hands while watching her disappear down the road without looking back.
That night, I cried myself to sleep on a strange bed surrounded by children I didnât know.
Days turned into weeks.
Weeks turned into months.
Every Sunday, I sat near the gate waiting for my mother.
Every single Sunday.
Other children got visitors sometimes.
But nobody ever came for me.
After one year, the matron stopped comforting me.
âSheâs not coming back,â she said one evening.
Those words broke something inside me.
So I stopped asking questions.
I stopped smiling.
And slowly⌠I started believing maybe I was the problem.
Maybe I wasnât lovable enough for my own mother to keep me.
But little did I knowâŚ
The real reason my mother abandoned me was far more terrifying than I could ever imagine.
To be continuedâŚ