Today in this blog, I would like to share with you, guys, one interesting life story of an eighteen years old girl from the USA. I came across this story yesterday on the Internet and it made me stop and think, how I would react, what I would do, if I were in her shoes. So, let's start from the beggining. Eighteen years ago in Florida, to be more specific in Jacksonville hospital was born a babygirl. Her mom was a black girl, who was just sixteen years old - kinda young mom, right? Anyway, in a few hours this newborn baby was kidnapped by a woman, who was in the hospital in nurse disguise and from that one moment real mom hasn't seen her daughter for eighteen years. A woman - kidnapper was before this all pregnant and lost her baby one week before kidnapping. Hard to say, if it influenced her to kidnap a baby, hard to say, what was at that time on her mind. She came back to her home in South Carolina, nobody noticed anything (here I am little bit sceptical as for her husband, I bet he might have known it) and family was enjoying their happy life with a newborn baby and two older kids they have already had. On the other hand the second family was destroyed and desperately searching for their lost babygirl. Police even offered reward 250.000 dollars to the finders. Time was passing by and all the attempts failed. Police got more than 2.500 tips and I do believe that such investigation had to be very complicated and exhausting. However, few days ago somebody informed police about this girl and this time it was finally good tip because after DNA tests was proved that wanted girl was found!!! It sounds like a miracle, right? The thing is that this girl had no idea her name was not her name, her parents were not her parents, she was raised by them and they were nice with her, she loved them like kids love their parents. This must have been very shocking to her, this must have destroyed her! Of course, it was up to her, if she wants to meet her real parents as she is nowadays mature woman and hard to say what would be easier for her but she chose to meet them and spent some time with them. Her mom – kidnapper was arrested and despite this all this girl decided to visit her and told her she loves her and will never see her as some criminal. Can you imagine, how emotionally confused must be this girl right now? Whome to love? Fake mom, who lied but treated her nice and gave her everything parents give to kids? Or real mom, who had to suffer a lot during these 18 years, but who is to her somebody totally unknown? Liar or stranger? I think, I would have big problem to forgive that one kidnapper mom because what she did is a crime and by one action she changed drastically life of two people - newbie girl and her real mom. She selfishly took a baby that wasn't her, she kept this as a secret for eighteen years and I do believe that she even started believing it was her own kid. She didn't care, how much that one real mom had to suffer, how she influenced her life and turned it to nightmare. She didn't care, she took 18 years of her life, which she won't ever be able to turn back and this is in my opinion, what matters. Let's just hope that this eighteen years old girl will be able to deal with this confusing situation and will live happily her life!
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There is no apologize for kidnapping a baby, even when the kidnappers treated her with love. The kidnapper mom had lost her own baby, so she knews what a mother feels when it happens. And at the end she had stolen the identity of that girl and she has given her a heavy packet on her way. The girl just know the kidnapper as her mom and of course she loved her. The cruel truth must have been a big shock for her. Everything what she was in her previous life became a lie. Even if she will understand her bilogical mom, she never will have the same feeling for her as she felt for her "wrong" mom. I really don't want to walk in her shoes.
Still one thing: I don't think this case is a single case. There may be many stolen kids around the world ... they have the same fate... only, they don't know it. Sometimes I hope for them that they never will know it.
Luci, dear, I have heard about that, too. And I don't even know if that story has a happy or a sad end. I agree with all the comments: it is impossible to choose between those who raised you and those who gave you birth. If I had to choose, I would choose those who raised me if they were good parents. But, on the other hand, I would always think about my biological parents. So, that girl happend to find herself in a very confusing situation. But her biological parents suffered for so many years! I can only imagine their pain! We have no children, but once one of my students, a very gifted girl, died in the car accident. It was more than ten years ago, but I can't forget that moment, yet. So, what to say about parents who lose their kid? I hope, that girl will love both!
If I were in her shoes, I might love the one who took care of me, still. If she do, maybe she was treated very well by the kidnapper. Perhaps the kidnapper really dreamed of a daughter.
However, it hurts for the real mom. The searching was really worth. Wow!
It's a very interesting story, indeed! And I agree with you about how confused must feel the 18 y/o girl; it can be a very traumatic experience.
In my country we have a very popular case of lot of kidnapped newborns during the dictatorship times. In this case, the kidnapper was a nun who gave these babies to other more wealthy couples and she said to the real parents that the baby was born dead (she faked the death certificates). Now, all these babies who were kidnapped are around 50 y/o and they are looking for their real families, at least just to know where they really belong. And I also wonder... Now that they know what happened, how do they feel about their 'fake' family? They did something terrible, but on the other hand they raised them as their own kids and I guess they loved them as well like that.
It's hard to be in their shoes but I guess that, even if they can feel pissed off with their 'fake' parents (I think I'd feel like that, at least), they can't help to love them as their 'parents'. Because... just imagine if your mom tells you now that she's not your real mom... How are you gonna stop loving her anyway? I guess the bonds are too strong...
A very interesing topic Luci. Thanks for coming back! :)
thanx for commenting on my blog :) btw as for your suggestion about phont and color, I have to tell you that I have written maybe 40 blogs like this - in such style and...nobody has so far said a single word to me :-o thanx for your this tip, I will consider using it and as for paragraphs haha yeah but I took it like one story with one long para :D
thanx for your nice comment and honestly I am also not getting why she did it as she already had two kids!!!! Damn insane... as for your correction I think i was right...check this out: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+in+shoes
One minor correction when you decribed if you would be in her shoes...*** shoe.