had me. she had just had a little girl close to a year old. she was living with her aunt, and since she had just had her first child, she was unaware that she was pregnant with me until the day i was born. she believed that i was just the after-effects of her first child. because of this, i was born at home where she was by herself. i’m not sure how long i stayed with her in that two-week span but soon after being born, i was placed in the care of a couple who are actually cousins of mine.
somehow, through a string of connections, my cousin knew 