“I was also orphaned when I was very small. I do not remember my mother nor do I have any pictures or memories to remember her by. I remember glimpses of father’s face but it is also very vague. I was raised by my eldest brother and his wife. So I know what goes inside the heart when you do not see your parents when you are growing up. All the children have their mother and fathers that they play with but when you are an orphan your childhood is spent wishing for parents that will never come. The more you grow older the more you will miss them. It was my brother and sister in law that performed the marriage rituals and gave me away. I am not able to tell you how long ago I was married. Since I did not go to school, it is hard for me to determine dates and years. Maybe if my parents were well and living I would have gone to school and be working somewhere. I would be able to read and write but I cannot. Instead, I was given away in marriage very young and immature. I had to cook for everyone when it was my age to play. That is how I got burned too. I fell into the fire. And the burn scars never healed. The flesh never grew back. I have to take medicine for life. I feel like all this has happened to me because I had no father and mother to look after me. But I do not know. It might just be that God has given me many bad days and only a few good days. But tell me, is there anyone who does not suffer in this life?”

Stories of Nepal X BlinkNow