Cristine Reyes Was Brought in an Unloving Family and an Unwanted Child
Cristine Reyes bravely revealed that she is an unwanted child. This emotional pain was held by her from childhood until the age of twenty-one.
"I was told almost every night that I was unwanted."
During the Eight Billion Project podcast of Liza Florida, Cristine Reyes narrated the time she found out that she is an adopted child. She was just six that time.
Daddy Metring who loves her dearly despite life's simplicity is her foster father.
So they sat me down, my Daddy Metring said... actually, it's not him. It's his wife Mommy Shirley.
"They told me, 'You're not our real child.' I was shocked. I don't even remember if I said something. I think I was in a state of shock.”
"They said, 'Your real mom is on the way here.”
"The next thing I remember, there's a lady entering the house. It was the first time I met her in my memory.“
"I remember my mom pulling me out. I was holding my Daddy Metring tightly. In my head, 'Don't let me go! Don't let me go!' I was crying."
Nang makasakay sa kotse ng kanyang biological mother, puno pa rin ng paghihinagpis ang batang si Cristine.
"I still remember her driving. She said, 'You have to forget about them. They're not your family. I'm your mom.'
"So, I'm just quiet... I don't know her."
Inside her biological mom’s huge house is five bedrooms, and a garage that could be parked by ten or twelve cars.
However, even at a young age, the wealth cannot satiate her wanting to be with Daddy Metring.
"It wasn't a very welcome for me. I think I don't belong here.”
"Ever since I moved to my biological mom, I felt that I didn't have a voice. As much as possible, I don't really talk."
But Cristine still think that her biological mother has a good heart when she decided to take her back. However, as she grew up, she came to realize that her mom is not capable of raising her and her five siblings. Cristine was even mentally abused by her mother.
"I was very neglected at six years old. I remember whenever there's a problem, I would constantly hear words, 'You know, you should have died. You never should have been born.”
"'I tried so many times to abort you. You're just something else. Your grip was there. You should have died.'”
"I came from a very loving family, a happy environment. And then all of a sudden, my life changed.”
"What is this? I had to survive. I was always at survival mode at [the age of] six.”
"That's when it started I always want to be alone. Because when I'm alone, I'm safe."
With this, Cristine called their turf as “hell house”.
"That's when it started I always want to be alone. Because when I'm alone, I'm safe."
Cristine was twenty-one years old when she decided to separate from her mother, but the trauma that her mother brought her still lives on.
She even remembered her envy towards her classmates and her fellow showbiz personalities who have loving mothers.
"Even in school, whenever I see my classmates with their mom in school, 'Oh, why is the kid with her mom?' I see the mom taking good care of her child.”
"I would have evil eyes. I'm so jealous. 'Why does she have that and I don't have it?’”
"I carried it in my career in the showbiz industry. They have their moms taking care of them. They have someone to protect them in the business industry.”
"No, my daughter has to rest.' I didn't have that. I have to work until the morning.”
"I remember my first commercial. It was already past 12 [midnight]. “
"I couldn't articulate what I wanna say. So I just give a bad behavior. Because I couldn't speak."
As Cristine Reyes experienced all the ups and down, she learned to embrace her inner wounds.
"In life, there's always trials and pain. But for me, there's always that one thing that I'm crying about. “
"Even though I've had a lot of trials and experiences in life—I've got a failed marriage.“
"My sister and I had really huge issues together. But that doesn't affect me anymore."
