Camila left her one-year-old child with her husband in the U.S. and had to stay in Mexico for many years. But she returned 12 years later to discover him in a wheelchair, and no one had told her about it. Then she learned what happened.
Camila met her husband, Derek, while he was backpacking through Guadalajara, Mexico. It was the last leg of his Latin American trip, but he and Camila fell in love fast. They traveled to his hometown in Newark, New Jersey, and got married there.
She got pregnant almost immediately, and they had their son, Juan, in the city. But then Camila had to return to Mexico to tie up some loose ends with her family. She was supposed to stay there a month but did not notice her visa was about to expire.
Camila never imagined that she would return to see Juan in a wheelchair. | Source: Shutterstock
A few green card and tourist visa rules changed at the time, so it was a long process to renew Camila’s. Derek tried his best to fix things on his side since they were married, but it was taking so long time. So while Camila was away, Derek’s mom and one of his cousins looked after Juan.
Finally, it looked like everything was set for Camila to return to the U.S., but then Camila’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, prompting her to postpone her trip to the U.S. The older woman went through a long, winding battle and eventually passed away.
Camila had to arrange everything because her father and siblings were too distraught. She had always been the emotionally stable one in the family.
But shortly after, her family’s situation worsened. Her father, Carlos, got depressed and took to alcohol. Meanwhile, her siblings started fighting over the estate, and it seemed like Camila’s “short trip” to Mexico was never going to end.
Derek was patient, but he was working hard to provide for their son. Luckily, Juan was soon old enough to use the computer and called her every single day.
She Skyped with her son as often as possible. | Source: Pexels
“I can’t wait to see you, Mommy! We’re going to have so much fun when you get here!” the young boy told her. Camila wanted to cry. She had missed so much of his life already, and her troubles in Mexico were still piling up.
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