She Confessed Her Lie

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The woman came to our foster care home with two small children, a boy of six and a girl of four. She told us the children were of her sister. She said her sister was dead and her husband has disappeared. The children were on her and she was too poor to look after the children. After initial formalities the children were kept in the foster home. After 10 years, I went to the woman's one room rented dwelling to fill a survey questionnaire for the government. Then she confessed that the children were her own. She said she told a lie because she feared we would not keep the children if we knew she was their mother. Well now, the boy has passed secondary school examinations and lives with his mother. He is helped by our sponsorship program. The girl is still in our care. We are not going to send her out for we know the poor woman's condition. I was glad the woman had confessed her lie and she looked relieved after doing it.