Liberian child, back during the Charles Taylor genocide. Compliant, smiled a lot, spoke a pidgin English I could barely understand. Every assignment started "Greetings to you in the Lord Jesus Christ," even math.
His mother and siblings looked nothing like him.
Truth: he'd been given to them to rescue, by his family not allowed to leave.
There are many truths that I really really wish were lies.
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ReplyDeleteThat's so sad.
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