A mother's Intuition

“A mother’s Intuition”

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel you are incomplete? Did you ever felt that there is something missing deep inside of you, as if like your soul is searching for a piece missing in a jigsaw puzzle? Well, if you haven’t felt that you don’t know how it’s like to be Faye. Here is her story.

It was a typical Sunday morning. Faye, a 27 yrs. old woman, is getting ready to make breakfast for her family. She is a regular mom who enjoys playing with her 6 yrs. old daughter, Cassie. She is married to a businessman from a much known company. Everyday her daily routine is: wakes up and prepares breakfast, eats with her family, kisses her husband goodbye, bathes Cassie, dresses her then drops her to a nursery school not far from home then visits her mother, Helen.

Little did she know that Helen is only her foster parent and not her biological mother. She was adopted when she was only a baby. Her parents kept that secret from her because the fact that Helen and Fred, Helen’s husband, cannot create a child makes it difficult for them to lose the only offspring they could have. Every morning when Faye would go to her mother’s house she would always feel something was not contenting her. She would laugh and have fun but then again, whenever she would look at her mother and father, she feels dissatisfaction and emptiness. She ignored it for 27 years until that faithful day.

While Faye was walking from the nursery school she bumped into an old lady who she always sees whenever she goes there. The old lady kept on asking passers-by “Are you my daughter?” The people of their neighborhood thought she was mentally unsettled so they would ignore her. But that day when Faye bumped into her and the old woman asked her, she felt a spark inside her. She did not know what that was and eventually apologized to the old lady and continue her walk. As she was walking away the old woman shouted “Are you my daughter?”At that time, her heart suddenly beat faster the she stopped walking, she looked behind her but the old lady was now gone.

The day after that incident, she went to her mother’s house, as usual, with her daughter Cassie. Cassie was drawing on the table while all of them where in the kitchen preparing snacks. Linda, one of Helen’s friends, was drunk over wine at that time because she went to a victory party before going to Helen’s house. She kept on nagging Helen about inappropriate things and then it slipped. Linda, accidentally said, “Helen, when will you ever have the strength? You are so weak! Look at me now! My daughter left me because she said I am a drunkard. My husband died during the war. But look at me! I am strong! When will you have the guts to tell your little adopted daughter the truth?!” Everything that Linda said was heard by Faye and she looked at her foster mom with tears in her eyes.

“Faye, please let me explain.” Helen said while approaching Faye. “No! How could you do this to me? Now I know why I feel so incomplete whenever I am around you and dad. Why did you not tell me when I was still young?” Faye claimed as she ran outside the house. Faye was devastated and could not think straight. The only thing in her mind was her true mother. Where could I find her? Is she still alive? Will she remember me? A part of Faye hated her biological mother but a big portion of it was to understand her mother’s deicision. She was now on the quest in finding her true identity.

When she returned home, it was already pass 10:00 pm. She entered the room and saw her husband, Cassie, and her foster parents sitting in the fireplace worried about her. She then approached Helen and said, “I want to know the truth. I want it coming from you. I will listen whole heartedly to your story. I am sorry.” That night Helen told the truth. Faye was left outside their porch one night, leaving only a dirty blanket and a letter behind. The letter only contained one simple note. It says there “Take care of my beautiful angel. I will comeback for her someday” Helen and Fred feared that their blessing would be taken away from them so they left their old home and started a new life in their current place.

Faye decided to search for her mother. That night when they were sleeping, she went to Cassie’s room to fix her toys. She saw a drawing of an old lady holding a baby and below it she wrote “Ma and baby”. She smiled and kept the picture with her thinking it was her and Cassie. That morning as she was to drop Cassie to her nursery, they come across the old lady. Cassie then said to Faye. “Mommy! Mommy! Look! It’s Ma.” She then ignored what Cassie said and then told her it’s bad to call names.

While she was at home preparing for her visit to her mother, someone knocked at the door. It was the old lady asking her if she was her daughter. Faye at that time was still in the state of depression so she scolded the old lady and asked her to go away. As she slammed the door, she continued preparing and then someone called her phone. It was the investigator who she asked to find her parents. The man said that her father died a long time ago and that her brothers and sisters all died in a fire a few years ago. Her mother on the other hand was nowhere to be found after the incident. Faye asked if it possible that her mother was alive and the investigator said yes. She then asked for a picture so that she could post it online or in the streets but the detective unfortunately cannot give her one because everything was destroyed by the fire but he claimed that her mother was distinct according to their neighbors. She has a mole under her lip almost to her chin.

All of a sudden Faye remembered Cassie’s drawing. She instantly took it and saw the old lady in the drawing having a big dot on her chin. Her heart started to beat faster. At that moment she suddenly recalled the word Ma. It was Cassie addressing to grandma. That was what Cassie formerly calls Helen when she was very small and then Helen told her to call her Grandmother instead of Ma. She rushed outside hoping the old lady was still there. She went to the place where the old lady can be seen and to her shock, she saw her lying on the ground beside a dumpster and covered with cardboard boxes.

She slowly approached the woman and hugged her without hesitation. The old lady spoke as she was tearing up. “Are you my daughter?” then Faye replied while hugging her tight, “Yes, I am” The old lady whispered to Faye’s ear “Finally...” The old lady smiled with full contentment as she kissed her daughter’s cheek.

That was the final word that Faye had heard to her real mother. The old lady was brought to the hospital after that incident but did not survive. She was suffering from tuberculosis for a long time and that it was already late for treatment. Faye now realized that even though she only knew her mother for a short period of time, she felt satisfied and relieved that she had seen her and hugged her before her final breathe. She then reconciled with her foster parents and now lived a serene life.

THE END