“Until demise do us half?” Nicely, possibly not for 70-year-old Veronica, who has spent her life enduring a sequence of failed marriages and heartbreak.
That is the tragic love story of Veronica, a lady who has confronted unimaginable struggles—now dwelling with HIV and deserted by her solely daughter, leaving her to look after her grandson alone.
In a documentary by Afrimax English, Veronica revealed that she was born in 1953 and developed a hereditary sickness that prompted her to wander as a mentally unstable particular person.
Her first marriage was organized by her father, marking the start of an undesirable cycle of failed relationships:
My father approached considered one of his buddies and organized for me to be married. He accepted the bride value. I had been away, however upon my return, I found that my father believed he had discovered the right husband for me.
In 1967, I used to be compelled to reside with this man as his spouse. Nonetheless, the wedding lasted solely 4 years with out conceiving a baby. This led to misunderstandings, blame, and even bodily abuse. Finally, we determined to separate.
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After her first failed marriage, she rapidly discovered a second husband when she moved in together with her aunt. Nonetheless, that marriage additionally ended after simply three years because of childlessness.
Later, when she relocated to her uncle, she met her fourth husband, whom she believed really cherished her. Nonetheless, their households compelled them aside.
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Her fifth marriage started when she returned dwelling however lasted solely 5 months earlier than ending, persevering with the undesirable sample. This led to her household disowning her.
Amid fears of being barren, Veronica entered a brand new marriage, agreeing to let her husband search a baby exterior their union. Nonetheless, her co-wife later accused her of attempting to hurt the kid and satisfied the husband to ship her away.
In 1996, she grew to become pregnant by a buddy who was not her husband and gave beginning to a child woman. When the kid turned three, Veronica despatched her to reside together with her mom within the village.
Regardless of remarrying a number of instances, all her husbands wished the identical factor—kids—however she was unable to conceive once more.
By the point she entered her 18th marriage, she revealed to her husband that she had a baby. This gave him hope of getting one together with her, however once they failed to conceive, the wedding ended. The identical occurred together with her subsequent two husbands.
Years later, Veronica’s solely daughter grew to become pregnant whereas nonetheless in secondary college. Although she initially wished to abort the infant, Veronica refused. Her daughter gave beginning to a child boy however deserted him on the age of three and by no means returned.
Veronica now resides within the slums of Kibera, Kenya, hoping for benefactors to come back to her support.
Watch the documentary under.
