The Adopted Daughter Who Left Forever

I'm a child my parents adopted from an orphanage.

They treated me well. Every night before bed, I would pray, begging God not to send me back to the orphanage.

Then Mom got pregnant with a baby. I hid under my blanket and cried all night, quietly packing the small suitcase I'd arrived with.

But they didn't send me away. Instead, they treated me even better.

The day my brother was born, Mom held my hand and gently stroked my head. "Lily, now you'll have a little brother to keep you company!"