Poucos meses depois de dar à luz seus gêmeos, minha sogra de 51 anos implorou, em prantos, que eu os adotasse após sua morte. Não consegui conter as lágrimas quando ela fez outra revelação comovente.
Minha vida estava no auge da felicidade. O que mais eu poderia pedir do que um lindo ninho cheio de amor e aconchego? Fui abençoada com meu amado marido, William, e nossos três filhinhos, que tornaram minha vida mais feliz e agitada a cada dia.
Não éramos muito ricos, mas sempre tínhamos motivos para comemorar cada pequena alegria que surgia, e o vigésimo sétimo aniversário de William marcou mais um dia importante de festa, diversão e momentos em família. Fizemos uma festa de aniversário em casa e convidamos meus sogros, familiares e amigos.
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Tudo estava indo bem. Risadas se espalharam por nossa pequena casa, e a alegria encheu nossos corações quando William fez um brinde. Foi então que minha sogra, Marley, entrou na conversa e fez outro brinde.
“Aos meus dois pãezinhos no forno!!” , anunciou ela, e um silêncio grave tomou conta da sala. Minha sogra de 50 anos estava grávida de gêmeos por fertilização in vitro…
William ficou extremamente envergonhado. Alguns comemoraram e brindaram com a minha sogra, enquanto outros começaram a cochichar. Meu marido ficou visivelmente furioso. Segurei sua mão e gesticulei para que ele se acalmasse.
“Podemos resolver isso depois, querida. Tem gente olhando”, sussurrei.
Eu sabia que seria difícil para William digerir a notícia, pois estávamos planejando outro bebê. Enquanto sonhávamos em ser pais novamente, meu marido seria um irmão.
A dor e o amor são como gêmeos siameses. Não existe um sem o outro.
“Jessica, você não entende. Como a mamãe pôde fazer isso? Ela tem cinquenta anos e vai fazer cinquenta e um em breve… Como ela pôde…” William se irritou. Eu estava presa entre meu marido e a mãe dele.
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Eu sabia que minha sogra e o marido dela vinham lidando com uma crise de relacionamento há muito tempo. Talvez ela achasse que ter filhos pudesse curar e resolver as diferenças entre eles. Eu não tinha certeza, mas sentia pena da minha sogra. Eu sabia que não foi uma decisão fácil que ela tomou da noite para o dia. Ela deve ter pensado muito sobre isso, e isso custou todas as suas economias.
Meses se passaram e, uma semana depois de minha sogra completar 51 anos, ela deu à luz seus gêmeos. Foi um parto complicado, então fiquei perto dela na maternidade.
Logo, toda aquela dor e sofrimento que ela suportou se transformaram em alegria quando ela ouviu o choro alto de seus dois pequenos pacotes de alegria. Ela estava muito feliz — eu percebi isso ao ver as lágrimas infinitas de alegria escorrendo de seus olhos enquanto segurava seus bebês. Isso também me fez chorar, e fiquei muito feliz por ela.
Então, de repente, meu telefone tocou. Ouvi William soluçando, e então ele gaguejou:
“Querido, meu querido, papai sofreu um acidente. Ele morreu na hora.”
“O QUÊ??” Larguei o telefone e olhei para minha sogra, que estava a mais feliz do mundo, abraçando seus bebês. Como vou contar a ela que o marido dela morreu?, gritei do lado de fora da enfermaria. Mas a verdade tinha que vir à tona de uma forma ou de outra.
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Alguns dias se passaram e minha sogra ficou preocupada com o marido.
“Querido”, ela me chamou. “Onde está o David? Por que ele não veio?”
“Mãe, vamos para casa primeiro”, disse William. Ele ficou sem palavras depois disso, e não conseguimos descobrir como contar a verdade para a mãe dele.
Levamos minha sogra e seus bebês de volta para casa e, à medida que nos aproximávamos, nossos corações começaram a bater mais rápido. Minha sogra quase desmaiou ao ver a foto emoldurada do falecido marido, cercada de flores, guirlandas e velas. Ela entendeu que ele havia partido, para nunca mais voltar.
Algumas semanas se passaram e, à medida que a poeira da dor se dissipava, meus filhos e eu nos tornamos os pilares da minha sogra. Nós a ajudamos a cuidar dos bebês enquanto ela superava os problemas pós-parto. Enquanto pensávamos que a tempestade havia se acalmado, minha sogra me ligou um dia, dizendo que queria compartilhar um segredo. Mas, quando a encontrei em particular, ela primeiro me pediu para fazer uma promessa.
“Jessica, você vai adotar meus bebês depois que eu partir?” ela perguntou.
“O quê? Por que você diz isso?”
“Porque recentemente fui diagnosticado com câncer terminal. Não me resta muito tempo.”
Fiquei arrasada quando ouvi isso. Mas não foi só isso. Minha sogra então revelou um segredo terrível que ela e o falecido marido esconderam de William por toda a vida.
“David e eu achávamos que nosso relacionamento melhoraria depois de adotarmos William. Não melhorou, mas amávamos nosso filho profundamente. Mas isso nos incomodava muito, pois não podíamos ter filhos devido à infertilidade de David.”
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Eu sabia que era uma ideia idiota, mas queria ser mãe mesmo tendo cinquenta anos e ainda não tendo chegado à menopausa. Queria ter meus próprios filhos, e a fertilização in vitro ajudou. Eu deveria ter feito isso antes, mas o medo da sociedade sempre me assombrou. Então percebi que a sociedade não estava lidando com a minha dor… Eu estava… então corri o risco.
Fiquei surpresa quando descobri que meu marido era filho adotivo da minha sogra. Pior de tudo, ele não sabia disso.
Como lhe contarei a verdade? Devo mesmo contar-lhe e destruir-lhe a paz? Ou devo levar este segredo para o túmulo?, ponderei.
Minha sogra quebrou meu silêncio implorando para que eu prometesse ficar com os bebês dela depois que ela morresse. Eu estava dividida. Eu já tinha três filhos, e William tinha acabado de se estabelecer em seu novo emprego e ainda estávamos com dificuldades financeiras. Mas a história da minha sogra era diferente. Ela era uma professora aposentada que sobrevivia da sua pensão. Em suma, ela não teve dias difíceis como nós.
Acolher os filhos dela significaria o dobro de responsabilidade e despesas. Foi difícil para mim decidir, mas, naquele momento, não consegui pensar em mais nada além de oferecer meus ombros para ela se apoiar.
“Eu prometo, mãe. Vou criar seus filhos como se fossem meus. Serei a mãe deles, aconteça o que acontecer.”
Eu pressentia os obstáculos que me aguardavam, mas estava preparada para enfrentá-los. Fui criada em um abrigo para órfãos e sabia como era difícil viver sem o apoio e o amor dos meus pais. De qualquer forma, eu não estava pronta para dar aos filhos da minha sogra aquela vida sombria.
Alguns meses depois, minha sogra perdeu a batalha contra o câncer. Eu sabia que isso aconteceria, mas não estava preparada para que acontecesse tão cedo.
Depois que ela foi sepultada ao lado do amado marido, decidi revelar a verdade a William. Eu sabia que isso o magoaria, mas eu tinha que fazer isso.
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“Querida, tem uma coisa que eu quero te contar”, comecei, olhando fundo nos olhos marejados de William. Era evidente que ele sentia muita falta da mãe.
“Prometi à sua mãe que adotaria os bebês dela. Eles precisam de nós. Temos que criá-los. Não podemos abandoná-los, querida.”
Nesse momento, meu marido me abraçou forte e chorou no meu ombro. Ele me disse que inicialmente sentia ciúmes dos irmãos recém-nascidos, mas depois que eles perderam os pais em poucos meses, percebeu que aquelas duas vidinhas inocentes precisavam dele. Ele também havia decidido acolhê-los e criá-los. Meu marido me disse que estava esperando para discutir isso comigo e pedir minha permissão.
“Querida, sou tão abençoada por ter você. Você me ensinou o verdadeiro significado do amor. Fiquei envergonhada quando minha mãe teve seus bebês. Eu não a entendia. Mas sinto muita falta dela agora, e quero dizer a ela o quanto a amo…”, disse ele, chorando.
Abracei William e suspirei de alívio. Mas ainda havia algo me incomodando. Será que eu deveria contar a William sobre sua adoção?
Naquele dia, prometi a mim mesma que seria uma boa mãe para os meus cinco filhos e levaria o segredo da adoção do meu marido para o túmulo. Não faria diferença, porque o amor vem do coração, não do DNA. Ele amava seus falecidos pais, e eu não queria estragar isso enquanto estivesse viva.
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O que podemos aprender com essa história?
- Só o amor e a bondade podem curar um coração partido. Quando Marley soube que morreria de câncer em breve, pediu a Jessica que adotasse seus bebês. Apesar das dificuldades, Jessica concordou porque amava e simpatizava com a sogra.
- Luto e amor são como gêmeos siameses. Não se tem um sem o outro. William ficou constrangido quando sua mãe anunciou a gravidez. Ele chegou a sentir ciúmes dos irmãos recém-nascidos. Mas, depois que sua mãe faleceu, ele percebeu o quanto a amava e sentia falta dela.
Compartilhe esta história com seus amigos. Ela pode alegrar o dia deles e inspirá-los.
Paris Jackson says she feels dad Michael Jackson “with me all the time”
Paris Jackson has been a superstar her entire life despite being only 24 years old and the second child of the iconic musician Michael Jackson.
Paris has experienced several difficulties since the death of her father. But, the gifted young lady is currently pursuing her own singing career.
Despite the ups and downs in her life, she has now made the decision to talk about her upbringing with her father, known as the “King of Pop.” Few, if any, individuals are unaware of Michael Jackson’s existence.
Michael Jackson – “King of Pop”
You know, you’re not referred to as “The King of Pop” for nothing, do you? Even while we like the late singer’s music, his life wasn’t always easy.
Michael had domestic issues from the beginning, when he performed with his siblings in the Jackson Five, which were made worse by a strict father who was quick to discipline his children if they disobeyed.
Michael Jackson may be considered a product, someone who was created from an early age to be an entertainer and vocalist. That won’t change the fact that his music, dance, and songwriting are all absolute masterpieces.
When Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, the whole world mourned the singer. He had been chased by paparazzis’ and tabloid newspapers for pretty much his entire life, but not even when he was laid to rest for the last time was he spared.
Paris Jackson – Michael’s daughter
Several media helicopters followed the helicopters delivering his body from the hospital in Los Angeles. News about Michael Jackson and his family is still reported on all around the world today.
Nowadays, his family members receive the majority of the attention. His kids in particular have come under attack since the Jackson family is a popular target for paparazzi.
Paris Jackson, the second child of Jackson, has grown up in the public eye. She is now making every effort to distinguish herself from Michael Jackson’s child and become her own person.
She has been suffering from mental illness for a number of years, yet she is actually doing extremely well.
Paris Jackson – early life
On April 3, 1998, in California, Paris Jackson was born. She is Michael Jackson’s only daughter and his second kid.
She and her brother were both homeschooled up until the sixth grade, which made her early years quite private. The kids were carefully protected from the public because Michael Jackson was keen on allowing them to maintain their seclusion. The children in Michael’s family were either wearing costumes or having their heads wrapped in scarves to conceal their faces in early photographs.
As a result, life on the Neverland Ranch was extremely constrained for Paris and her siblings. No one can deny that they were immensely wealthy, but it must have also been difficult.
Speaking with supermodel Naomi Campbell, Paris Jackson opened up about her father, and what her upbringing was like.
She said that Michael Jackson made sure that they were “cultured”.
“My dad was really good about making sure we were cultured, making sure we were educated, and not just showing us like the glitz and glam, like hotel hopping, five-star places,” Paris said.
“It was also like, we saw everything. We saw third world countries. We saw every part of the spectrum.”
Speaks out on her childhood
Paris Jackson lived all over the world during her childhood days, as her father toured across the globe to play in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
She claims to have been quite appreciative of her “rich” upbringing. Paris also discovered early on that she should not feel entitled. Her father made sure that the kids understood the idea of working hard to attain what they want.
“Even growing up it was about earning stuff,” Paris said. “If we wanted five toys from FAO Schwarz or Toys ‘R’ Us, we had to read five books.
“It’s earning it, not just being entitled to certain things or thinking ‘oh I got this’,” she added. “It’s like working for it, working hard for it, it’s something else entirely, it’s an accomplishment.”
Paris was only 11 years old when her father passed away
Tragic passing of Michael Jackson
On June 25, 2009, “The King of Pop” experienced a heart arrest at home and soon after being taken to a neighboring hospital, he passed suddenly. According to Michael Jackson’s will, Paris and her brothers were placed in Katherine Jackson’s legal custody.
Paris, then 11 years old, spoke briefly about her father in front of the entire world during the funeral service that was broadcast on television.
“Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine,” she said. “And I just wanted to say I love him so much.”
Paris and her brothers, Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, 7, were all in attendance during the televised memorial service. In fact, that was pretty much the first time the world caught more than just a glimpse of Jackson’s children.
Then, in January 2010, they were once again were seen in public while accepting a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for their father at the 2010 Grammy
Paris Jackson – life after Neverland
In November the same year, Paris appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show to speak about her father, saying that he was amazing.
“I kind of felt like no one understood what a good father he was, he was the best cook ever,” she told Winfrey. “He was just a normal dad.”
“He made the best French toast in the world,” Paris added.
When Michael Jackson passed away, Paris Jackson moved into a mansion in Calabasas, California, with her grandmother Katherine Jackson, as well as other members of her family.
When she turned 19, she decided to move into Michael Jackson’s private studio at the family compound, which she transformed into a dorm-style bedroom.
Losing your father is hard as it is. But for Paris, it was much more than that. All of a sudden, she was expected to carry on her father’s legacy.
“I tried to grow up too fast”
Upon starting seventh grade, Paris decided to attend a private school. At this point, the only ones accepting her for who she was were the older kids, and it didn’t turn out perfect.
“I was doing a lot of things that 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds shouldn’t do. I tried to grow up too fast, and I wasn’t really that nice of a person,” she tells us.
Around the same time, social media had become a thing, and Paris faced cyberbullying.
“The whole freedom-of-speech thing is great,” she explained. “But I don’t think that our Founding Fathers predicted social media when they created all of these amendments and stuff.”
Paris went through a lot of trauma as a teenager. She even tried taking her own life following a very serious incident, but that was also somewhat of a turning point.
She spent her sophomore year, as well as half her junior year, at a therapeutic school in Utah, which was great for her.
“I’m a completely different person,” she said. “I was crazy. I was actually crazy, I was going through a lot of, like, teen angst. And I was also dealing with my depression and my anxiety without any help.”
Paris Jackson – career
Paris graduated high school in 2015 – one year early – but by this point, she had a lot on her mind. She was one of the heirs of Michel Jackson’s billion-dollar heritage, and everyone saw her as a celebrity, even though she actually hadn’t done anything.
Now, though, Jackson is heading in the same direction as her father: the entertainment business. She’s taken her father’s advice seriously: if you want something, you have to put in work to get it. During the Naomi Campbell interview, Paris stated that she was a “full believer” that she should earn her own success.
For someone born into ridiculous wealth, as the child of one of the most famous people in modern history, this is something we truly adore Paris for. No matter what has happened in her past or who her father is, she wants to do her own thing.
She grew up around only adults except for her siblings. When she left Neverland to go to a real school, it was a big change for her. She grew up as the child of Michael Jackson, but for her, the world was more than that. And in the beginning, it sure was hard.
“Once I got introduced into the real world, I was shocked. It blew me away,” Paris explained. “Not just because it was sexist, but misogynist and racist and cruel. It was scary as hell. And it still is really scary.”
Modeling and music
So what did Paris do? Well, she went her own way, starting out working as a model. And she has a real talent for it!
In recent years, she’s been on the covers of some of the world’s most influential magazines, including Rolling Stone, Vogue and Narcisse to name a few.
For Paris, modeling is a very therapeutic and natural thing. Many were shocked when her father transformed via his many plastic surgeries. But in this age of social media and cyberbullying, Paris understands his choice.
“I’ve had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time,” she said. “Plenty of people think I’m ugly, and plenty of people don’t. But there’s a moment when I’m modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer’s telling me – and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it’s selfish.”
Through her Instagram page, Paris’s followers can see her life as she seems to like spending time with her friends, doing all the things in life she couldn’t really experience at a younger age.
Released her first album
She released her debut album Wilted in 2020, following in her father’s musical footsteps. Paris Jackson is doing music, but her CD is indie folk rather than the R&B and pop style for which her father was famous.
“It’s mainly just a story of heartbreak and love, in general, and the thoughts and feelings that come after it doesn’t work out,” she remarked.
Paris Jackson grew up with her father’s music, and she says she knows all the words to his songs. At the same time as she created her own sound, it’s inevitable that Michael Jackson’s taste in music influenced her.
“He loved classical music and jazz and Hip Hop and R&B and obviously the Motown stuff,” she says.
Paris Jackson has paid tribute to her father on her body, acquiring more than 50 tattoos. Nine of them are devoted to Michael Jackson.
She has learned to cope with the devastating loss of her father rather than believing that time will make everything better.
She remembers Michael Jackson visiting her in her dreams, so she knows he will always be there with her.
“I live life with the mentality of ‘OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.’” she mentioned. “So going forward, anything bad that happens can’t be nearly as bad as what happened before. So I can handle it.
“I feel him with me all the time.”
People who have experienced parental loss may undoubtedly relate to Paris and the pain she is going through. Nobody, however, has had the same level of experience growing up as Paris Jackson had.
We’re ecstatic that she may now go about her business without being followed everywhere she goes by paparazzi. Paris, good luck!
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