Emotional Story as Son Comes Face to Face With Painful Memories After Spotting Missing Poster of Father Who Left Them Years Ago

  

For twenty years, I lived with one painful question in my heart: why did my father leave us without saying goodbye? I was only nine years old when he disappeared from our small home in Kisii, leaving my mother to struggle alone with three children. 

At first, we thought he would return after a few days, but weeks turned into months, and eventually years passed without a word from him.

Life became extremely difficult after his disappearance. My mother worked in people’s farms washing clothes and digging to feed us. 

I remember nights when we slept hungry and mornings when I skipped school because we could not afford books or uniforms. 

Whenever other children spoke about their fathers attending school meetings or bringing gifts home, I would feel a deep emptiness inside me. To survive the pain, I convinced myself that my father was probably dead.

As years went by, I tried to build my own life and bury the bitterness inside my heart.READ FULL STORY.