There are absences that leave a deep mark on a person’s life. Some do not feel alone for a few years, but for a lifetime.
For over twenty years he learned to live with that void. He built his life, his dreams and his future.
Until any Saturday, her mother knocked on her from the door of the house.
And the man who was on the other side was precisely the one who had disappeared on the day of his birth.
A childhood built by a single mother
Camila never really knew her father.
According to what his mother, Marta Herrera, was counting on her years, everything happened
the same day that Camila came into the world.
The girl’s father, Ernesto Vidal, made a decision that would change their lives forever. In the hospital room he said he didn’t feel prepared to be a father and didn’t want to take that responsibility.
He left the baby in Marta’s arms and left.
He didn’t leave direction. He didn’t call again. He didn’t send a letter or a birthday card. She didn’t bring a weight to her daughter.
From that moment, Marta had to learn to raise Camila completely alone.
Sewing on request by day and cleaning offices by night. There were times when I slept just four hours, but I always found a way to be present.
He was there to check the tasks, prepare dinner and sit by the bed when the fever arrived at three in the morning.
And there was something that always
It caught the girl’s attention: Marta never spoke badly of Ernesto.
“Mom… why did Dad go?
Marta kept silent a few seconds before answering:
Sometimes there are people who are not prepared for certain responsibilities.
The answer was simple, but for Camila it was enough.