Hola mis queridos amigos, hoy, una lectura sobre "una historia de vida" cuyo título es "Mi marido no conoció a nuestra hija hasta que ella tenía 27 años". La vida en muchas ocasiones es realmente dura y no entendemos por qué. ¡Espero que os guste!
From: Speak Up magazine.
Photos: fr.wikipedia.org / my own photos.
MY HUSBAND DIDN'T MEET OUR DAUGHTER UNTIL SHE WAS 27.
By Ann Lovato.
I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. One night when I was barely 16, I was at the rollerskating rink when I saw this shy country music boy standing alone. I was an outgoing punk girl and asked him to skate. By the end of the night, we were out the back, making out.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Scott was 18, and within a couple of months we'd moved into an apartment with a friend of mine from school, Jennifer, and her boyfriend. Our only income was from Scott's carpet-cleaning job, but it felt great being in love. We didn't think much about birth control, and soon enough I thought I might be pregnant. We were excited and talked about marriage. But the other two fought all the time, so I decided to move back home. One day I went to the apartment and nobody answered the door. It wasn't locked, so I walked in and found it empty. I was so confused!
WHY?
I tried to find out what was going on, but couldn't trace anyone. Eventually, Jennifer called my mum's house; se said she and her boyfriend didn't have any money, so had gone their separate ways. Then she added that Scott had told her he didn't want anything to do with me or the baby, that he'd moved to another town and never wanted to see me again. I was crushed. I thought he loved me. How could his feelings change so quickly?
I searched for him but no one could help. I knew he didn't know how to contact me, either. It sounds crazy to say that now, but his was the early 1980s; there were no mobile phones or internet, and we didn't know each other¡s families.
HOLLY
I was scared, but chose to have the baby. My daughter, Holly and I lived with my mum while I finished high school and went to college. As Holly grew up, even when I was struggling, I was not angry with Scott; it was my choice to have her and give her the best life I could, and I knew I was good at that. I made sure she had no animosity towards her father. I had another relationships, and two other children, but never met anyone I wanted to be with forever. I thought I'd never get married and I was happy with that.
Then, six years ago, when Holly was 27 and her own son was born, she decided she wanted to find Scott. I'd made previous attempts to look for him that never came to anything, but now tracing people had become so much easier. We found Scott on Facebook. I messaged him saying Holly wanted to meet him. I didn't expect a response, but a few days later he replied with a friendly message, saying he wanted to meet her, too. I was so relieved, but also nervous about talking to him. When we spoke on the phone, he sounded exactly the same. We talked for four hours; sometimes you don't even know you've missed someone. He said he'd been married three times, had four children and was now single.
A DATE
He came up from Colorado to see us. He walked into the house and I was sitting there with our grandson. He said: "You look exactly the same." We hugged and I said: "You smell exactly the same," which made everyone laugh. He asked me to go to a movie the next night. We didn't call it a date, but he came back to mine and we kissed. That connection was still there.
When Scott and I talked things over, it all made sense. Jennifer had told him the same story: that I never wanted to see him again, never loved him and had used him to get pregnant.
We don't know why she did it; she obviously wasn't in a good place herself. I have never felt anger towards Scott -we've both had things going on in the years in between. He was homeless after leaving the apartment, and battled with drug addiction, but turned his life around. The thing is, Scott and I have the rest of our lives together now; I'm nearly 50 and he's 52. We have a daughter and adorable grand-kids. Holly is happy, because she can finally say: "Here are my parents"
We got married three years ago.
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VOCABULARY
-SHY: tímido.
-OUTGOING: extrovertido.
-TO MAKE OUT: enrollarse.
-INCOME: ingresos.
-CRUSHED: destrozado.
-TO STRUGGLE: luchar.
-TO HUG: abrazar.
-DATE: cita.
-HE CAME BACK TO MINE: volvimos a mi casa.
-WAS'T IN A GOOD PLACE HERSELF: no estaba muy bien.
-TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND: cambió de vida.
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WHY WOULD PEOPLE BEHAVE LIKE JENNIFER? I DON'T KNOW... I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HER AT ALL!
SEE YOU MY FRIENDS!
