05/05/2026
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Where Do I Belong?
Chapter 1:The
Beginning I Never Chose.....
I was born in an urban area, surrounded by noise, movement, and life that never seemed to slow down. People came and went, streets were always busy, and everything felt alive. But even in a place full of people, my story would begin with loss.
I was only six years old when my world changed in a way I could never understand at the time.
My mother died while giving birth to my younger brother.
At that age, I didn’t fully understand what death meant. I didn’t know why she wasn’t waking up, why her voice had disappeared, or why the warmth I knew was suddenly gone. All I felt was absence. A silence that didn’t make sense.
One moment, I had a mother.
The next… I didn’t.
People spoke in low tones around me. Faces were heavy with emotions I couldn’t yet name. But no one could explain it in a way my young mind could hold onto. I was too young to process it, but not too young to feel it.
And before I could even begin to understand that loss, another one followed.
My father refused to take responsibility.
Instead of stepping in, instead of becoming the parent I needed, he chose to walk away. He left—leaving behind not just me, but the responsibility of raising two children who had already lost so much.
I didn’t just lose my mother.
I lost my father too, in a different way.
From that point on, life was never simple. Growing up became something difficult, something heavy. There was no clear path, no stability, no sense of belonging. I was just a child trying to exist in a world that had already taken too much from me too soon.
I didn’t understand it then, but that was the beginning of a life shaped by absence, confusion, and survival.
A life where I would constantly be searching for something I couldn’t name at the time…
A place to belong.
By Authoress Kukade💎