The maternity ward was filled with noise—five tiny voices crying out at once. The exhausted young mother smiled through her tears as she gazed at her quintuplets. They were small, fragile, but perfect.
Her partner leaned over the crib, and instead of joy, horror spread across his face.
“They… are black,” he whispered, his tone dripping with suspicion.
The mother blinked in confusion. “They are ours. They are your children.”
But he shook his head violently. “No! You betrayed me!”
With those words, he turned his back and walked out, leaving her holding five newborn babies who had no father, no protector, and no inheritance.
That night, rocking her infants in her arms, she whispered softly:
“It doesn’t matter who leaves us. You are my children. I will always protect you.”
Struggles of a Single Mother
Raising one child is hard. Raising five—without help—is nearly impossible. But this woman refused to give up.
She worked days and nights, juggling jobs few others wanted. She cleaned offices after hours, sewed clothes in the early mornings, and stretched every penny to make sure her children had food and shelter.
The world, however, was cruel.