Monologue For Matavis

Hello! I am Matavis’ sister, Sara. Matavis doesn’t know that I’m contacting you, but I just wanted to say hello and tell you a little bit about your nephew…Let me start by saying how happy and thankful I am that you and Matavis were able to find each other. I think now, more than ever, Matavis needs this. You guys are the missing piece that makes him whole and I couldn’t be happier that he was finally able to connect with you. Our whole family has always kept a special place in our heart for your family and we always will, after all we are all one family united in the love of an amazing young man.

I have always had a special bond with Matavis, my little peanut. Even though he’s a heck of a lot taller than me and an incredible young man-not
At the same time Matavis can be very outgoing. Many times, he and I have been out at a store or something and I’ll find him talking to someone and I’ll ask him who that is or how he knows them and he’ll tell me that he doesn’t know them, he was just asking them something or telling them he likes their tattoos or shoes or something. He’s also been known to hug random ‘grandmas’ just because they looked like they needed a hug. See what I mean? He’s a
Apparently one of my younger siblings who is also adopted was researching her mom and extended family on the internet and for some reason looked up Matavis’ mom and learned what had happened to her. She didn’t come right out and tell Matavis everything, but hinted at enough that it was bothering Matavis and understandably he wanted answers. Things got very serious around Christmas 2016 when he sat my mom down and told her what he knew and asked her to tell him what happened and if she didn’t he was going to look it up on the internet. So not wanting him to find out through the internet, she and I sat down with Matavis and told him what happened to his mom. I can’t put into words how much it hurt to have to tell him that he wouldn’t be able to be reunited with his mom someday, because she was in heaven. Her life was taken by a monster. I could see Matavis’ heart breaking. He cried (which he very rarely does) and expressed his hatred and anger for Ellis. All we could do is answer his questions the best we could, hug him, comfort him and be there for him.

Throughout the years we had told Matavis everything we knew about his mom and how much she loved him but there was only so much that we knew, which is why we are all so thrilled that through you and your family he can learn so much more about her and get to know all of you as