From Orphan To Beloved

Throughout most of my life, I have carried the weighty burden of being the master of my fate. As I struggled in my attempts to set the right course and control my path, I always thought this internal battle was normal. After all, I had carried this heaviness for as long as I could remember,…

I was born into this world on an October night in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. I do not know the location of my birth, if it was natural, if there were any complications. I know nothing of my birth mother’s pain in labor. Shortly after my birth, and I do not know how long after,…