her parents made her give up her newborn immediately because it Valentina lay in the hospital on call it was her turn to work the night shift when suddenly the alarms went off she looked out the window and knew there was no time to lose the story you will see below happened in Chile just a few months ago the person who wrote To Us shared an experience from her life this is undoubtedly a sad story that could happen to any human being in 199 5 Valentina was just a teenager in her last year of high school
at that time she had fallen in love with a boy and they married secretly and unfortunately one day he went abroad with his family 2 months after the secret marriage ended in the middle of the school year she suspected she was pregnant she was very worried she was in a situation she never thought she would be in to begin with she didn't know what to do she didn't even know how to tell her parents in fact they were very strict confessing this was not a good idea but there was no way to hide something like
this they were going to find out sooner or later Valentina only told a friend of hers are you sure you're pregnant I don't know I didn't do a test but I feel very strange I'll get you a pregnancy test a day later the friend brought her that test Valentina prayed that it was all a false alarm and nothing more but it was not her result was positive that day she did not know whether to be happy or sad she walked down the street of the city of Valdivia aimlessly and crying but suddenly she felt a
strength and said to herself I will have to face this and I'm going to have this little one finally she arrived home her mother was in the living room watching TV you just got home where have you been you should have been here at 2 p.m. it's already 700 p.m. mom said Valentina crying what's wrong Mom Mom I'm pregnant Valentina remembers that her mother came up to her and slapped her don't play with this Valentina you know I don't like bad taste jokes she told her that she wasn't joking at that moment the door was
heard to open it was her father what's going on here your daughter says she's expecting a child what is it but what are they saying is it true what your mother says daughter dad I didn't think this would happen Valentina remembers how her parents got angry that day and told her that the best thing to do was to have an abortion tomorrow you will come with me you're a disgrace to the family were the words that 16-year-old girl heard the next day her mother woke Valentina up it was early in the morning and they took
a bus mom where are we going she asked scared she remembers that it was a very bad day it was raining and very cold after a 2-hour ride they arrived at a small town called Los Lagos mom what are we doing here don't ask you you know you're too young to be taking care of a child you're going to get it over with for good mom you're scaring me I don't want to please let's go or I promise you it's going to weigh on you they entered a house where there was a guy who apparently
was a doctor Valentina tells that she looked at some diplomas in which it said that he was graduated in medicine he was an older man he told her don't be afraid I'm just going to examine he went to what was a small office the doctor said to the mother it is possible to begin with but there's something you should know it is very dangerous to have an abortion she is just a young girl it is likely that when she has an abortion she could become sterile that she will never be able to have children again
it is recommended that she keep the baby give birth and give it up for adoption no doctor we don't want people to find out do it does she want it to will she want to Valentine the teenager simply looked down it was obvious she was being forced the doctor simply said I won't maybe if I had had more children but she's just a teenager I don't want to carry that weight on my conscience my opinion is to give it up for adoption they returned home it was as if fate had been in valentina's favor and
she felt very sad to know how her parents were acting when they arrived home her parents talked to her and told her you're going to have that baby but after it's born you will have to give it up for adoption days turned into weeks and Valentina felt more and more trapped in her own home her parents barely spoke to her except for Harsh reminders about the adoption she was forbidden from making any decisions for herself and wasn't allowed to talk about keeping the baby which had been a warm and Happy House turned into more of
a dreaded chamber the days went on one particularly difficult evening Valentina worked up the courage to plead with her mother please Mom let me keep him I'll do everything I will look after him and I won't be a nuisance to you any longer I just her mother Cut Her Off sharly no Valentina we've already told you this is for the best you don't know what it's like to raise a child especially at your age you're not ready and we've already arranged everything her voice was firm but Valentina could hear a slight crack in it as
if a small part of her mother might have doubted their decision but she wouldn't budge that night unable to sleep Valentina heard muffled voices from her parents' bedroom she tiptoed down the hallway and through the thin walls she overheard her mother and father discussing the baby's future one evening Valentina overheard a conversation between her parents this is the only way her mother whispered sharply we've already found a family they're good people wealthy he'll have a better life than we could ever provide and she she's not ready for this we have to protect her even if
she can't see it now her father sighed heavily I know but sometimes I wonder if we're doing the right thing maybe we're being too harsh valentina's heart sank she came to know that her parents have decided everything but she did not have courage to challenge them she started locking herself in the room quietly speaking to the unborn child and dreaming of a day when she could join her child she stayed constantly waiting for her parents to decide differently she wanted them to see that she wanted to keep her baby but each time a chance arrived
she attempted to discuss the issue to her father he would interrupt her while her mother would meet her gaze with an evil look that sent shivers down her spine next day her mother came into her room and handed her a folder these are the papers you'll need to sign after the birth of a child she said her voice void of emotion the orphanage is ready everything is in place Valentina didn't say anything she didn't know what to say she just stared at the folder feeling like her life was spiraling out of control but she couldn't
find the strength to stop it weeks turned into months valentina's mood spiraled she tried talking to a counselor at school but the moment her parents found out they threatened to pull her out of classes altogether we don't need strangers involved in our family business her mother scolded her that is how valentina's hope gradually died out in her finally time passed 8 months and 2 weeks to be exact Valentina lay in the hospital giving birth fortunately everything went well it's a beautiful baby said the nurse Valentina asked to see her son the girl saw him but
only for a moment her mother soon appeared and made her sign a paper saying that she was giving up her baby I remember my mom came with a paper she told me to sign it I knew what it was and I refused but she told me if you don't do it you won't enter the house anymore don't worry he will be fine I didn't want to do it but I didn't want my son to suffer because of me I mean I thought it would be a better place for both of us I signed it and
never saw him again the only thing I remember was that mole on his skin which I also have my mother took care of all the paperwork to separate me from my son from her own grandson Valentina went into a deep depression and no matter how hard she tried to do something to reunite with her son she did not succeed she did not even know where he was taken and she had no information Valentina remembers her father telling her from now on things are going to change if you make the same mistake you will leave home
and we will not pay for your studies you must grow up and start from scratch your son will be fine you must move on you will be someone in life you must be grateful since you are not going to be cleaning diapers and giving your only life to a bastard and so time passed Valentina learned to move on she started college and finished with honors she even got a scholarship to study for a master's degree she had studied Medicine of course there were times when she thought about that son she wondered will he be well
what will he be doing now will he be near or far away sometimes she thought about looking for him but she was afraid of what would happen on many occasions she was on the verge of doing so after finishing her career and getting a job in a hospital in the capital she got married and had a daughter she never told her husband about her past she didn't want him to know everything she had to go through so she was fine they were a happy family or at least that's how it seemed however one day after
a few years something very unexpected happened it was the winter of 2019 Valentina had arrived at the hospital to work as usual it was 2:00 in the morning when suddenly she heard the phone ring an emergency patient arrived we need you to come to the surgery room at that moment Valentina looked out the window and felt something very strange she saw how the paramedics were carrying someone injured it was the first time she felt a very strong fear so she rushed to the scene where they told her poor guy has been run over we must
act immediately at that instant Valentina approached the young man and just at that moment when she saw him that strange feeling became bigger she felt that time was standing still but time was gold so she acted immediately the boy had a bare chest and when she saw him she noticed a mole on his skin that seemed familiar to her she also had it and it had a great resemblance to her father luckily that young man resisted the operation but he was still under observation the doctor stayed with him for a while longer but then she
was called to see another patient Valentina asked for the young man's name she wanted to know more about him and amazing as it seemed the boy had her same last name so she entered the hospital's computer and there she discovered in the file that the young man had visited the facility before and that he was from an orphanage the whole thing was really surprising for the woman who undoubtedly could not believe it Valentina remembers that moment as if it were yesterday I went into the computer and searched if there were any records about him and
found many things since I work in a state hospital I was able to access other information I was shaking it was clear that he was my son that similarity with my father that mole on his skin besides he lived in an orphanage who else could he be it was as if fate had put him in front of me I didn't know whether to cry or laugh I was in front of my son and I didn't want him to be here in the hospital in that condition but if life gave me one more chance I would
take advantage of it I thought and I would do everything I could to remedy the situation I would ask for forgiveness over and over again for all the wrong I did it was only a short time before the end of my shift I wanted to see him again and be by his side so I went back a nurse had come out of there out of the Intensive Care Ward where he was she just told me the patient just passed away he didn't make it I couldn't believe it I opened the door and went in there
were some colleagues there with some resuscitation devices next to me and I just looked at how my son son was lifeless a doctor came up to me and said poor guy he didn't resist he was from an orphanage he had no parents or siblings who will cry for him at that moment I staggered and almost fainted but I grabbed hold of a table next to me I heard those words and saw him who will cry for him at that moment I was left alone with that young man and I cried like never before because that
young man was my son then I found out that the the guy who ran him over had run away it turned out that he was celebrating his college graduation had too much to drink and apparently didn't notice the oncoming car on the one hand I also learned that my suspicions were true he lived until he was 18 years old in a hostel in the north of the country then he came to the capital to study the state supported him with the university he was a good boy he had good grades and a whole life ahead
of him but his life offended maybe if she had not given him up for adoption he would have been happier and would not have gone through this he died at the age of 24 since that happened I never spoke about my parents again in fact I always felt resentment for them they're very old now but I can't see them again and I don't know if I'm doing the right thing they took away part of my life they took away my illusion of being a mother when I had to be the one I also felt guilt
I should have been stronger who knows how many times he needed me who knows how many times he cried and wondered why I abandoned him maybe he wanted to look for me maybe he knew about me I don't know we had the same last name it was easy to find each other but I didn't and now there's no going back there's no time machine to climb into to go back in time and tell him how much I love him his life Ended as well as mine even though I have a daughter and a husband nothing
is like before and I feel so guilty and that is how Valentina ended her story a story that could have had another course another ending maybe a better one undoubtedly sometimes life gives us surprises at the most unexpected moment nowadays many parents punish their children when they make mistakes and that is wrong a mistake should not be punished because one is human and many times we get carried away by the moment whatever it is what the parents should have done from the beginning was to support her because now they not only manag to push push
their grandson away but also their daughter
