[Trending Now] Man Who Was Abandoned When He Was 2 Years Old Wrote To His Father Who Wants To Reconnect!

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are about 140 million children worldwide who were orphaned. With most of them in foster homes, these children are just looking for one thing - a family.

A family that would care for them, treat them as their own, and love them. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that some of these kids within the system are subjected to abuse. 

One of them was justjackson, a Reddit user who has gone through, needless to say, a lot.

At the tender age of 2, his mother died from a drug overdose and his father was nowhere to be found. 

Years passed and his father reached out to him through Facebook. He wants to reconnect with him. Instead of doing that, he wrote him this message that will show you just what it's like to grow up without parents.

Here’s the Full text:

I wrote a message, is this okay to send? I decided I don't want to come off as bitter or angry. But I don't want him to still have hope of some kind of hallmark movie ending either.

Dear Jack,

I am 24 years old. I am not the little boy who cried when you left. I am a man, with a son and daughter of my own. I've never spent more than a weekend away from them. I am a father and a damned good one. I don't need you anymore.

Once, I needed you. When my mom died, I really could have used a dad. I could have used anybody. When she died, there wasn't even anybody there. No one cared about us. I spent three days in that apartment, eating toast and just waiting for her to wake up.

And then they called you. Because you were my dad. You were twenty three, young, but not so young really. If you had came and gotten me, you would have had a son. I would have loved you forever.

But you didn't. So I went to a bunch of people who didn't love me, but liked the check they got with me. It didn't make them treat me well. I have burn marks on my arm and I still can't spend time in closed in dark spaces after being shut in closets. An afternoon is a long time when you can't count.

I didn't count on anybody. I used to pray, the way mom did with me when I was little. But after praying for someone to come and rescue me, long enough, hiding under my bed and praying that my foster dad wouldn't come in and would leave me alone for just one night. Just one night. I stopped believing in most things.

I lived in seven different homes from 4-16. And even the decent ones, I was never family. I didn't have real birthdays or christmases. I wasn't allowed to go in the fridge and just get food when I Was hungry.

When I was 16 me and my foster dad got in a fight over a ham sandwich. "Boy, what are you doing in our things?". And so, I left. Sixteen, with nobody to call, and 40 bucks. I just walked away with a backpack. Anything could've happened to me.

But I made it. I'm a man now. And I don't need you. I don't want you to feel bad. I just want you to know why I can't be your son. I'm 24 and have never been any one's son. I don't know how. And I just don't have it in me.

Jackson

"Every child deserves a loving and permanent home."

- Kaisahang Buhay Foundation Inc. (KBF)

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