The SecretA Story by Kathryn SmithDo you like walking in the rain? When you think of love do you think of pain? You can tell me what you see: I will choose what I believe. Once upon a time, there lived a young man and woman who were madly in love. It was the kind of love where the world was bright and colorful. Where the air was sweet and they were drunk with joy. The man was in the military, and one day he had to leave the woman behind to be stationed. While he was gone, the woman found out she was with child. This was not good, because it was the early 1930s. Having a child out of wedlock was deeply frowned upon. In fact, this was scandal. So the young woman decided to hide her pregnancy and kept it a secret from everyone...including the father of her child. 9 months later, she gave birth to a healthy beautiful baby girl. She gave her up for adoption. The man eventually found out, and rushed home. But he was too late. His daughter was already long gone and adopted. Broken hearted, he found out the adoption was closed. Furious, he hired the best detectives around. And one day, those detectives found his daughter. When he finally met her, he could see she was happy, so he left her behind. And he carried on his own life. Without the woman, and without his daughter. The man was William. The woman was Marie. and their daughter was my grandmother. Marie was Irish. Her last name was Bolger. While we were in Ireland a few years ago, my family and I wandered around a gift shop. I saw my mother full of concentration. She was flipping through laminated papers.. She was searching for something. Suddenly she froze and I could see her eyes change. She picked up a card and gazed at it. I walked up to her, and she told me that this was us. This was our past. The name Bolger was on the card with many interesting things about the family name. She looked torn, yet happy. As a child my mother had met Marie..and in the future I was once held in her arms shortly before she passed away. William didn't want to meet our family. He kept Marie and my grandmother a secret for the rest of his life...and was not about to tell his wife. The records of our ancestry were destroyed in a fire. I would give anything to have my grandmother alive again, so she could tell me of my history. Carrie became a genealogist and could trace back thousands of years. I often wonder what would have happened if Marie told William. If they had kept my grandmother. I can't imagine what Marie went though, let alone William. Imagine being a man and finding out you had a daughter whom was hid from you. You never got to see her birth. You never got to hold her. You never got to see her grow up. I give both enormous credit. I also am determined to find the rest of the story. I will be back in Ireland in May, and I am going to find my family. It all began with a secret...and that secret gave me life.
© 2016 Kathryn SmithAuthor's Note
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