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Writer/storyteller/singer/student @ Prince Abubakar Audu University
Lokoja, Nigeria
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NANA — THE GIRL WHO WAS CALLED A MISTAKE 💔🌧️
<p>NANA — THE GIRL WHO WAS CALLED A MISTAKE 💔🌧️</p><p>The night Nana was born, the rain poured heavily against the windows.</p><p>Her mother looked down at the tiny baby in her arms, but there was no smile on her face.</p><p>“She wasn't supposed to happen,” she whispered.</p><p>Her father sighed and looked away.</p><p>“She was a mistake.”</p><p>Nana was too young to understand those words. She only knew that she had entered the world needing love.</p><p>But instead of growing up surrounded by the love of her parents, Nana was eventually left in the care of someone else.</p><p>Her parents promised they would come back.</p><p>They didn't.</p><p>As the years passed, Nana learned to stop waiting.</p><p>Still, whenever she saw other children running into their parents' arms, something inside her hurt.</p><p>She wondered what it felt like to be someone's first choice.</p><p>One evening, Nana sat alone by the window, tears rolling down her cheeks.</p><p>“Maybe they left because I'm not worth loving,” she whispered.</p><p>The woman caring for her heard her and sat beside her.</p><p>“Nana, look at me.”</p><p>She wiped Nana's tears.</p><p>“Your parents may have made a decision they regret, but their decision does not define you.”</p><p>Nana looked at her through tear-filled eyes.</p><p>“You were not a mistake. You were a child who deserved to be loved.”</p><p>For the first time, Nana allowed herself to believe it.</p><p>She grew up carrying pain, but she refused to let that pain decide who she would become.</p><p>She worked hard. She became kind to people who felt forgotten. And whenever she met someone who felt unwanted, she reminded them of the words she once needed herself.</p><p>Years later, Nana stood in front of a mirror.</p><p>She looked at herself and smiled.</p><p>She no longer saw the little girl abandoned by her parents.</p><p>She saw a strong young woman who had survived something she never deserved.</p><p>And finally, Nana understood:</p><p>Sometimes, the people who should have loved you first may fail you. But that does not mean you were ever unworthy of love.</p><p>Nana was never a mistake.</p><p>She was a child who deserved a chance—and she grew into a beautiful reminder that someone else's rejection can never determine your worth. </p>
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