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in reply to a message by ValerieK
You're welcoming home a 16 year old girl named Isaura. She's from Monte Francisco, a little town in the south of Portugal, near the Spanish border. She never knew her father, because her mother, Flavia, only met him once and she had never even asked him his name, so she wasn't able to tell him she had gotten pregnant with his baby. Flavia's father was furious and ordered his daughter to give the baby to the church after it was born. Flavia didn't like this, but agreed to do this.
When the time came, Flavia went to the hospital to have her baby. Something went very wrong during the birth, but with the help of the doctors, Flavia gave birth to a healthy girl and named her Isaura. Because of the complications, Flavia was told she would no longer be able to have any more children. Realizing Isaura would be her only child, she chose to defy her father and keep the baby.
For months Isaura lived with the family, while Flavia and her father frequently fought over the presence of the baby. The fights often turned ugly with Flavia's father throwing things at his daughter. One night he missed Flavia with a glass he threw, but ended up hitting Isaura in the face. The little girl's eye was damaged. It turned completely white and blind.
About two years later Flavia met a man she really loved. He was a widower with two kids. Half a year later he asked her to marry him and live with him. She married him, but when she moved in, he told her he didn't want Isaura there. He only wanted his own children under his roof. Flavia ended upo leaving her child with her parents.
Isaura's grandmother cared for her for the next couple of years, not really wanting to and with a grandfather nagging that she should give the child to the church. When Isaura was six, her grandmother got ill. Her grandfather took Isaura and gave her to the nuns, when his wife was too sick to ta care of Isaura or to protest about giving her away.
Isaura lived in an orphanage and hated it there. The other kids teased her all the time and called her 'cyclops', because of her eye. She couldn't get along with the nuns either and was punished all the time for misbehaving. After some years she was transferred to a foster home, but couldn't get along with her foster parents either. She got transferred to three other homes, before being placed back in an another orphanage. By this time she was fifteen.
What Isaura wants more than anything is to live in a place where she's actually wanted. She would love to get adopted, but she thought it would never happen to her, because she was already too old and not very pretty with her blind eye. She is very cautious about getting excited to get adopted, because she's so used to getting disappointed. Even though Isaura can be quite a handful, all she really wants is a loving home and to call someone 'mom' and 'dad'.
Please let us know how she is adjusting!
When the time came, Flavia went to the hospital to have her baby. Something went very wrong during the birth, but with the help of the doctors, Flavia gave birth to a healthy girl and named her Isaura. Because of the complications, Flavia was told she would no longer be able to have any more children. Realizing Isaura would be her only child, she chose to defy her father and keep the baby.
For months Isaura lived with the family, while Flavia and her father frequently fought over the presence of the baby. The fights often turned ugly with Flavia's father throwing things at his daughter. One night he missed Flavia with a glass he threw, but ended up hitting Isaura in the face. The little girl's eye was damaged. It turned completely white and blind.
About two years later Flavia met a man she really loved. He was a widower with two kids. Half a year later he asked her to marry him and live with him. She married him, but when she moved in, he told her he didn't want Isaura there. He only wanted his own children under his roof. Flavia ended upo leaving her child with her parents.
Isaura's grandmother cared for her for the next couple of years, not really wanting to and with a grandfather nagging that she should give the child to the church. When Isaura was six, her grandmother got ill. Her grandfather took Isaura and gave her to the nuns, when his wife was too sick to ta care of Isaura or to protest about giving her away.
Isaura lived in an orphanage and hated it there. The other kids teased her all the time and called her 'cyclops', because of her eye. She couldn't get along with the nuns either and was punished all the time for misbehaving. After some years she was transferred to a foster home, but couldn't get along with her foster parents either. She got transferred to three other homes, before being placed back in an another orphanage. By this time she was fifteen.
What Isaura wants more than anything is to live in a place where she's actually wanted. She would love to get adopted, but she thought it would never happen to her, because she was already too old and not very pretty with her blind eye. She is very cautious about getting excited to get adopted, because she's so used to getting disappointed. Even though Isaura can be quite a handful, all she really wants is a loving home and to call someone 'mom' and 'dad'.
Please let us know how she is adjusting!
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