Inspirational
She Was Abandoned By Her Family & A Millionaire Adopted Her. What She Did Next is Unbelievable
Martha’s young parents abandoned her at the gates of an orphanage. A millionaire couple later adopted her. What Martha did next is unbelievable. Ruth took one look at her baby after delivery and was stunned beyond belief. “What’s this?” she screamed at the nurses, who promptly took away the newborn baby from her once they noticed her negative reaction. The medics tried their very best to explain to Ruth that her baby was born with a condition known as parasitic twin birth defect. The extremely rare birth defect saw Martha born with an extra lump of spine in her back and an extra leg.
They made considerable efforts trying to reassure Ruth that the defect would surely be surgically corrected when her baby came of age, but the still stunned Ruth wasn’t even really listening to all the medic’s explanations. She was still looking downcasted with her face in her palms trying to make sense of it all. When her husband Sam burst into the room, Sam was smiling from ear to ear, clearly excited and eager to see his new baby.
But Sam’s instincts told him that something was wrong as he saw the saddened expression on his wife’s face immediately after he entered the room. “Is anything wrong?” Sam asked, looking at his wife. Ruth didn’t respond; she only pointed in the direction of the baby’s crib where the medics had laid the newborn baby.
Sam got the message at once, so he promptly stormed over to the baby’s crib. When Sam got to the crib, he bent down, glanced at his new baby, and sharply turned away. Sam, stunned beyond words, didn’t utter a single word after that. He quickly stormed out of the room in anger and sheer confusion.
Three days later, Sam was back at the hospital to take his wife and baby home. Ruth wrapped up the newborn baby in a blanket and placed her inside the baby basket. Then she carried the basket into the back seat of Sam’s small golf car, and they drove away. It was already late in the evening once they hit the road.
Sam didn’t even waste time before he bluntly told Ruth about his plans. According to Sam, there was no way they were going to keep that “mind moner” looking baby. Ruth agreed to her husband’s plans at once. “How were they going to explain to their little near friends and relatives that they gave birth to such a monster?” Ruth thought to herself.
The couple then started making plans on how to dispose of the baby as soon as possible. At last, they both agreed to drive around the busy city for a while until it got darker. Then they would look for an orphanage somewhere and dump the baby at the entrance. The couple planned to then drive home to their hometown, which was about a 4-hour drive from Abdan. After getting rid of the baby, as for their relatives back home who were all eagerly awaiting their arrival, the couple decided to simply lie to them. They would tell them that the baby had died during childbirth, and that was exactly what Sam and Ruth did.
Sam casually drove around the capital city for about an hour. Then, when it got darker, the couple kicked their plans into motion. They desperately started looking for an orphanage. The search took the couple around 2 hours, but at last, they located one orphanage in an isolated part of the city.
Sam drove around the orphanage for a while, gauging the security level of the place. To his sheer relief, Sam discovered that the security was so lax that there was not even a single security guard outside the gate in sight. “This place will do just fine,” Sam blurted out to Ruth, who just nodded her head in agreement. Sam parked his car a few distances from the orphanage’s gate. He waited for a few minutes, watching the entrance. Then Sam suddenly grabbed the baby basket with their newborn baby lying inside, dashed to the orphan’s entrance, and dropped the basket there. He dashed back to his car and immediately zoomed off at a breakneck speed.
Early the following morning, Benji, the guard who was supposed to be on duty the previous night but was happily snoring away inside the security post, suddenly jerked awake. Benji was a chain smoker, and the very first thing he did every morning was to go outside and buy his favorite cigarettes. So he stretched out of the mattresses on the floor of the one-room security post and stepped outside the gate.
But as soon as Benji stepped outside the gate, he immediately heard the unmistakable cries of a baby. Benji didn’t need a suit to tell him that the orphanage had just received another gift, as the staff euphemistically called the abandoned babies. So he quickly walked over to the baby basket lying close by to see the gift for himself. On getting to where the basket lay, Benji promptly flashed his torchlight into it and screamed out in horror. “Is that a monster?” Throughout his almost two decades of service at the orphanage, Benji had picked up hundreds of abandoned babies at the orphanage entrance, but he had never seen anything like this before.
To Benji, this baby didn’t even look human at all; she looked like something from another planet. But despite his utter shock, Benji knew he had to do his job. So he picked up the baby basket and headed straight into the orphanage. When Benji got the baby into the orphanage, none of the nurses on duty agreed to touch her. It was only one kind-hearted old nurse named Edna that took the baby from him. Edna firstly thoroughly washed the baby girl, then she fed her with warm milk and laid her into a crib where she wrapped her up in warm blankets. The well-fed and washed baby girl was soon happily asleep.
Over the next couple of weeks, the baby girl was well taken care of at the orphanage. Fortunately for the baby girl, a team from an international children charity organization named Save the Children visited the orphanage some few weeks later. The members of the team immediately took pity on the baby girl for her pitiable birth defects. They took pictures of the baby girl and shared them all over social media while soliciting for funds to surgically remove the baby’s defects.
34-year-old Ain was going through her Facebook feeds one night in her home in Los Angeles, California, US, when she saw pictures of the baby girl. Something melted inside Ain the very moment she saw the pictures, and she felt like crying. The kind-hearted lady wondered why such an innocent-looking baby girl should be born with such a horrible defect.
Ain was the wife of a millionaire husband named Robert who was the CEO of one of the biggest Tech startups in the country. Ain and Robert were both still very much in love with each other even after 8 years of marriage. The couple were happy; they were wealthy, but something was missing. They needed a child of their own to complete their happiness.
Ain showed Robert the touching pictures of the little girl that night, and he also felt pity for her. Then, over the next couple of days, Ain tried her very best to convince her husband that they should save the little helpless baby by adopting her. At first, Robert wasn’t so keen on adopting the little girl. He tried reasoning with his wife that perhaps they should only pay for the baby’s surgery, but Ain was adamant. She wanted the helpless little girl as her own child. Robert finally relented and gave in to Ain’s demands. “Anything that would see his beloved wife happy was okay with him,” Robert reasoned to himself. The wealthy couple then contacted the charity organization and the orphanage through their renowned lawyer, Bar Patson. The experienced and well-connected lawyer facilitated the successful formal adoption process in a remarkable short span of time. And barely a month after Ain first saw her pictures online, the baby girl was on a flight bound for Los Angeles in the company of Bar Patson.
Ain eagerly and warmly received the bar and her baby at the airport. The baby girl was surely tired and jet-lagged after the long flight from Africa, but that didn’t stop her from giving her new adoptive mom such a sweet innocent smile the very first time Erin took her in her arms. The baby’s sweet smiles and her attempts to playfully touch Ain’s face with her tiny fingers was like she could just cast a spell on Ain.
She vowed that very moment to care for and protect this tiny bundle of joy forever. Ain drove her new baby home and named her Martha in loving memory of her late Mom. It didn’t even take long before Robert himself completely fell in love with Martha as she was such a sweet baby. Despite her humongous defect, the couple took Martha like their own biological daughter and showed love and affection on her. Robert consulted with some surgical experts who examined Martha and advised the couple to wait till she was one before operating on her.
Soon Martha clocked 1, and it was finally time for the surgery to remove the lump and her back and extra leg. The advanced surgery cost the couple almost $600,000, but it turned out successful, and Martha’s extra spine and third leg were finally removed, much to her adoptive parents’ joy. Martha’s appearance changed a lot after the surgery; she became almost unrecognizable.
Over the years, Martha grew into a beautiful tall girl, and as she grew, she developed an extremely close bond with her adoptive parents. Martha simply loved and cherished Ain and Robert just like they loved and cherished her too. With enormous wealth at their disposal, the couple made sure that Martha never lacked anything while growing up.
They took her to all the fun catching places that other kids only dreamt of. Martha, on her part, brought so much joy into the lives of her adoptive parents; she was so sweet and funny and was generally fun to be with. Martha also grew into a well-disciplined and intelligent girl who excelled in school much to her adopted parents’ encouragement and joy. She was simply the kind of child that every parent prayed to have. The family was a textbook example of a happy small family.
The years flew past, and Martha graduated from high school top of her class, aged 18. Ain and Robert had decided to tell Martha everything about her true origins when she clocked 18. The couple felt that they owed their beloved daughter the truth. The couple threw a lavish 18th birthday party for Martha, where she had so much fun with her friends. Then in the middle of the night, Ain and Robert called Martha into their room and told her everything about her true origins. She had always known she had been adopted, but she didn’t know the whole story.
The couple even showed Martha all the pictures taken of her before the surgery, which they had hidden away from her so far. Martha initially tried very hard to hold back her tears after the revelations. Then she suddenly rushed to her adoptive parents and embraced both of them in a tight hug. Martha was now crying profusely, thanking the couple for all they had done for her while professing her undying love for them. Soon, Ain joined her beloved daughter in crying. Robert, who was trying very hard to hold back his own tears, consoled his beloved wife and daughter. With all three still entangled in the tight embrace, it was such an emotional scene, to say the least.
Martha then decided to study medicine and surgery at one of the most prestigious colleges in the country. Martha’s decision was hugely shaped by her burning desire to help babies born with birth defects just like she once was. With that single goal in mind, Martha took her studies really seriously in college.
She was basically glued to her books. Five years later, Martha graduated from college with a first-class degree in medicine and surgery. She shattered multiple academic records in her college, and her parents were overwhelmed with pride and joy for their beloved daughter. Martha went for her post-graduate surgeries and was soon a certified surgeon.
She then told her parents about her ambition to establish a hospital in her country of origin, where babies born with birth defects would receive free surgeries. Ain and Robert were fully in support of Martha’s ambition. The aged couple both felt fulfilled that their beloved daughter had found a noble purpose in life. Hence they placed their generous wealth at Martha’s disposal to fund her noble cause.
A few weeks later, Martha flew to Abdan with her parents’ old lawyer, the very same Bar Patson who had facilitated her adoption process. It was the first time Martha was traveling to her country of origin, but she immediately felt an odd sense of belonging once she landed in the country. Martha felt like she had been in the country all her life despite the fact that the chaotic country and the US were worlds apart.
For almost two weeks, Martha and Bar Patson toured the capital city, inspecting sites for the project and meeting with a lot of people. They bought a piece of land and paid a construction company to commence building the hospital in earnest. The duo basically set the ball rolling for Martha’s project during the visit, at the end of which they both returned to the US. Barely a year later, the hospital project was finished, and what a marvel it turned out to be. It was a state-of-the-art children’s hospital with some of the best medical equipment in the country.
Soon enough, the hospital was up and running. Martha hired a highly qualified team of medical staff to work with her. She also shuttled between Abdan, where she managed the hospital, and Los Angeles, where she spent quality time with her beloved aging parents. In the first two years of its establishment alone, Martha’s foundation performed more than a dozen free successful surgeries on babies born with various birth defects.
Martha’s charitable and noble endeavors didn’t go unnoticed. Other notable children’s charities, both local and international, liaised with her and supported her foundation financially. Even the government of Martha’s home country keyed into her success story. They pledged their full support for her foundation and even adorned Martha with a national honor. Martha instantly became a national hero, and a truly remarkable and inspiring life story was told everywhere around the country.
Martha was in her posh office one early morning when her young secretary, Helen, came in to inform her that an old woman wanted to see her. Martha, who was engrossed in some documents, absent-mindedly told Helen to let the woman in. A few seconds later, Martha felt a presence in the large office, so she glanced up from the documents to greet the visitor.
Only to be left quite amazed. Standing there, looking somewhat jittery and staring ever pleadingly at Martha, was an extremely frail-looking woman. Martha’s sharp instincts promptly told her that the woman must be in her late 50s and wasn’t as old as Helen had thought her to be.
The woman had obviously led a tough life and was probably very sick, hence the reason why Helen had assumed her to be older, Martha thought to herself. But the woman’s physical appearance was not the most profound thing that Martha noticed about her. Martha immediately felt an odd sort of connection the very first moment she glanced up at the woman. She just felt like she had met the woman before. But where, Martha thought to herself.
Martha soon regained her composure and was about to speak when it happened. The woman suddenly knelt down, and with tears already welling up in her eyes, she started begging Martha to forgive her. “Forgive you for what?” the real stunned Martha managed to ask the woman. The woman hesitated for a while, clearly overwhelmed with the burden of her guilt. Then she suddenly blurted out, “For abandoning you, my dear little girl!” Martha was stunned beyond words. She opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. Martha just sat like a shell-shocked soldier, staring at the woman with her mouth agape.
Ruth then told her story. She told Martha how she and Sam decided to abandon her at the orphanage entrance because of her birth defect. According to Ruth, she and Sam were childless for the following 15 years after abandoning Martha. Ruth also revealed that Sam had died in a fatal road accident some 11 years prior. Martha’s biological mom went on to tell her about the severe hardships she had been facing since Sam’s death.
Ruth told Martha that she was living in a notorious known uncompleted building at the outskirts of the city as she couldn’t even afford to pay rent. Ruth concluded her long story by telling Martha that she felt so relieved and happy when she started hearing about her success story. Ruth also revealed that she had been diagnosed with a life-threatening fibroids illness and needed an expensive surgery if she were to survive. Hence she had not only come to beg her beloved daughter for forgiveness but also for financial support for the life-saving fibroid surgery.
Martha remained silent even as Ruth finished her story and was sobbing silently. Something inside Martha told her that the woman was telling the truth, but it was all too much for her to take. The AC was on, but Martha suddenly felt like she was suffocating. She needed some fresh air. So Martha suddenly stood up and left the office, leaving Ruth crying where she knelt. Once outside, Martha drove straight to her hotel room. She went straight to bed where she poured her emotions all out and cried herself to sleep.
What Martha did next is unbelievable.
Three days later, Martha sent Helen to deliver a check to Ruth, which would take care of her fibroid surgery. The fund was big enough to find Ruth a comfortable apartment and even help her start up a trade if she so wished to. Helen did as she was instructed. Ruth was overwhelmed with happiness after receiving the check. She had initially thought that Martha wouldn’t even believe her story, talk more of helping her financially.
But how wrong was she. Ruth then immediately rushed down to Martha’s office to thank her for her kindness. But to her greatest shock, when she got to the hospital, the security guard refused to open the gate for her. The guard even severely warned Ruth to stay clear from the premises henceforth. Ruth adamantly protested and asked the guard if she even knew who he was talking to.
The guard mockingly replied, “Yes, I know that you’re my boss’s mom, and she was the one that directly gave me the orders.” Ruth was left dumbfounded as the words hit her like a bomb. The message from Martha was simple but shattering. It felt like she was telling Ruth, “I’ll financially help you, but I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore.” Ruth loitered around the entrance for a while, hoping to catch the faintest glimpse of her daughter. But all to no avail. She finally left the area feeling quite dejected and broken.
As for Martha, she continued her lifelong dream and passion of helping babies born with birth defects, and her noble cause kept receiving applause and support from all over the world. Martha also maintained an extremely close bond with her beloved adoptive parents, Ain and Robert, throughout both their lives.
If you were Martha, would you have forgiven and helped Ruth after she abandoned you as a kid?