The Last Name
It could be one of
the most ordinary letters
That Dominic
Motiano received
But it was not
It was remarkable for its beautiful handwriting
A letter from
Jennifer Bricker
That letter
changed her world
And her whole
world came to a standstill.
The Photographs
and the related details shocked her
She too had a
sister miles and miles far waiting for her
A beautiful girl
who had no legs.
And her letter
goes like this,
‘Do not throw this
letter before reading
Because it’s my
life that I had preserved in it
Do not consider it
as a mere art of madness
Or in frenzy did I
prepare it’.
‘I have these
photographs and these details which thus prove
That we were born
to the same parents’.
‘And I am really
happy that I could
Find out a sister
for me in this world.
Dominic Motiano* closely examined the photographs again.
She too felt the resemblances
in Jennifer Bricker.
And like ever she
too set out to find out the truth.
After the
excitement of finding out a big truth
She was calm and
composed to see her parents.
And she was not in
good terms until then
As she was
constantly pressured by them for success
She was that
famous as the stars that ruled then.
And it was really
hard for Dominic Motiano to execute it.
She prepared her
mind to meet her mother
She asked with a
trembling voice
“Why did you
abandon my little sister?”
Her mother wiped her tears and said
It was on the eve of her sixth birthday
That a cute angel was born
But her father had taken the newborn away from her
And that mother lived painfully for her till now.
She was born without legs and
They were afraid to raise the expense of the girl
And so they gave
her to a childless couple
Jerald and Sharon Bricker who adopted her
But it turned out
to be a sigh before a storm.
Jennifer became interested
in Gymnastics
And soon she
identified herself with Dominic Motiano
What an accidental
coincidence
Sometime Life too
unfolded in a very strange way
Which could be
comprehended not too easily.
Jennifer too
finally realized the truth that she was an adopted girl.
And it grew in
leaps and bounds that
She finally asked
her stepmother that day
Just to know out
of her curiosity
“Who are my real
father and mother?”
Your real family
name is “Motiano”
And I found it
very lately in 1996
I unraveled
Dominic Motiano
But it was a
return to my Memory lane
And I found out
the last name of Jennifer too was “Motiano.”
Jennifer was at
the top of the world
The one whom she
had admired of was actually her blood
Excited as well as
anxious, as she in the midst of truth
Will my sister
accept me?
How will I
approach her?
It was after four
years that Jennifer composed a letter for her sister.
And within two
weeks she got a reply
In a Christmas
card-You are going to become an Aunty.
Jennifer realised
that her sister accepted her.
Dominic Motiano
was happy
Because she gave
birth to her baby and she got her sister back.
Finally the most
awaited time arrived
Jennifer came to
meet her sister in the hospital.
Speechless moments
it were.
Dominic Motiano
embraced her sister then
Soon Jennifer met
her real mother and she asked
Have you ever
thought of me?
Did you touch me
when I was born to you?
Why did you
separate me from you?
Did you wipe out
your motherly instincts from you?
How could ever a
Mother do it?
How could you
leave me like anything?
Have you ever
thought my fate would be like?
But Jennifer could
not meet her Father as she longed.
She met her father
at his tomb with tears.
What was lost in
twenty years, were regained within moments.
And they proved
that
‘A big loss could
not alter the worth of a real relationship’.
And what is in a
name?
There is a lot in
a name….
18/10/2015
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Domonic Motiano*-
The famous Olympian (Gymnastics)
Jennifer Motiano
her younger sister was born without legs and was abandoned by her parents.
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