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The “Mother” of our Girls at Puerta Abierta

To talk or discuss the “Mother figure” of our Girls at Puerta Abierta is certainly challenging.

Pregnancy is said to be a time to be prepared to become a mother. But how to develop this attachment and caring when a “new Mother” comes to the house and is told to care for them, look after their education and more importanltly….to love them? It is certainly very challenging when there are no real previous attachments developed

Learning to love the girls has not been difficult. Not because of their precarious situation of being left alone, but because each one of them presented personal and emotional challenges that helped her develop these essential ties between them. With each day that passes, new opportunities develop these strong ties that eventually will help these girls transform themselves and help shape a better and more livable society.

What is what this “new Mother” is offering these girls that came hurt by their previous life?

First, the certainty and confidence of being accepted even though there is no biological or family ties. Second, the acknowledgement of being respected, even in spite of emotional bursts brought about by their previous life experiences. Third, her everyday presence and loving care, helping them to develop a better woman-mother figure and a better auto-perception as girls and eventually as mothers themselves, hopefully in a position of offering the same love, solidarity, and respect in their own families sometime in the future.

The family is the basis of society. The mother is the axis of the family. This “new mother “, is the axis of Puerta Abierta.

Links:

• Puerta Abierta IAP web page