They adopted a child who had already been returned by three families because “it was too difficult.” They all warned them that they were making a mistake. Years later, when they lost everything, that same child was the only one who decided to stay.

One of those that someone left open for him many years ago.

That night, as we were closing the workshop, I asked him:

“Why do you always say that?”

Mateo shrugged.

“Because you never know who is looking for a place where they do want to let you stay.

I didn’t know what to answer.

Because I understood that the story was not over.

He had only changed direction.

Sometimes people believe that families are formed in a moment.

At a birth.

In a signature.

In a “yes”.

But no.

Real families are built on hard days.

On the occasions that someone decides