The Freeing of the Child a short story

	At the harrington orphanage, a young child named 
Matthew Marriri lives there awaiting for someone to adopt 
him. He's been there for about a year and a half do to the 
reason that his mom and dad were killed in a car wreck and 
had no relatives alive. So after the tragic wreck he was 
sent to a hospital to recover from the wreck and than sent 
to the orphanage to stay until someone could adopt him.
	That day arrived and a couple by the names of, Kurt and 
Wendy Palmer. They said if only we had a son we would be 
very happy. So the couple went to the office to sign the 
papers to make Matthew their son after the signing and 
waiting for their new son to come to the office. As Matthew 
entered the office Wendy started to cry and ran over to her 
new son she took him in her arms and said lets go home as 
they started to leave the building one of the workers ran 
over to the family and gave Matthew all of his belongings 
which wasn't very much, some old ratty looking pants and 
shirts an old pair of shoes with no laces in them a book of 
picture and a toothbrush. The ride to his new house was 
rather long but the wait was well worth it for the Palmers. 
Half way home Matthew fell asleep in the back of the car. 
Kurt drove the car into the garage and parked it there for 
the night Kurt picked up his son trying not to wake him and 
put him in his nice new bed in his new bedroom that he can 
call his very own. They let him sleep there all night long.
	In the morning Wendy went in to wake up Matthew and 
found out that he wet the bed and when he was fully awake he 
started to cry saying to Wendy, please don't send me back to 
the orphanage I will try not to wet the bed again. That's 
okay dear said Wendy its not your fault its because you are 
in a new and different place. Go to the bathroom and I will 
clean this up for you, Matthew asked where is the bathroom? 
Its down the hall first door on the left Wendy told her son. 
As he went to the restroom thinking to himself wow I am in 
my new home with people that love me. As he returned to his 
room he got the bed changed and new sheets put on the bed. 
Come here she said to her son lets get you dressed and ready 
for the day. Just than Kurt Matthew's new dad walked in. 
First we will show you the house and then go get you some 
new clothes for you to wear. The orphanage gave us some 
money from the trust fund the state set up for you. They 
went shopping for new shoes pants shirts and the other 
things that he needed. After all the shopping was done they 
went home and put all his new clothes away in his very own 
dresser, and closet. In his new room there is a bed, a desk, 
a dresser and a book shelve with some books on it a radio 
and a TV.
	That night they ate dinner and talk about things and as 
the night grew they went to the living room to watch TV 
Matthew started to fall asleep on the big easy chair that he 
was sitting in and his father took him to his room to put 
him to bed. Before his father left he kissed him good-night. 
As Matthew fell asleep he said to himself I will not wet the 
bed. Him being only nine years old he thought he might be 
able to wish it to happen. When in the morning he wet the 
bed once again he knew that his wish didn't come true. This 
time his father woke him up and told him if it happens again 
we will take you to the doctors to see what is the matter 
with you. The day went on as it did just getting to know 
each other a little bit more of the same. Matthew told them 
what it was like at the orphanage the food, the rooms, and 
the many people that came and gone wishing to himself I wish 
that I can be one of those that can be gone from here and 
than you two showed up. By this time Matthew was crying to 
show that he was very thankful that they picked him over all 
the rest of the kids. Than he ran over to his mom and dad 
and gave them both hugs and kisses and they hugged and 
kissed him being thankful that he was now in their lives and 
no matter what happens they will not let him go or take him 
back because Matthew was their son and they're his parents. 
That night they both put him to bed.
	He woke up in a wet bed again and Wendy than made a 
doctors appointment for her son for a check-up to see what 
was wrong with him. At the doctors office the doctor gave 
him the once through and asked Matthew what was wrong and he 
said nothing was wrong with me but. The doctor was the same 
one that he saw at the orphanage and he knew what was wrong 
with him. The doctor asked for Wendy to come in and for 
Matthew to go sit in the other room so that he and his mom 
could talk for awhile. Mrs. Palmer said the doctor "he has a 
lot of trauma due to the death of his parents and that's why 
he wets the bed at night. My remedy is to get his some 
diapers to wear at night to make it easier for him and for 
you."
	They got in the car and went to the store to get the 
diapers and all the diapering stuff and a sleeper to wear at 
night too. That night he gave himself a bath in his own 
bathroom for the first time after the bath his mom told him 
to call her when he was done so she could come and get him 
out of the tub. While the tub was draining she took him to 
his room to get diapered and put to bed but Matthew did not 
want to be diapered because he was not a baby any more but 
Wendy told him that's what the doctor told me to do with you 
to keep you from wetting the bed at night. What is it than 
Matthew a wet bed with no diaper, or a dry bed with a diaper 
on. Matthew sat on his bed thinking about wearing the diaper 
to bed and told his mom, your right it is better to wear the 
diaper than to wake up in a wet bed. So he laid down on the 
bed waiting for his mom to put the diaper on him. First she 
had to put the baby powder on him and than came the diaper 
she took the diaper out of the plastic bag and opened it and 
then she took hold of his ankles and lifted his butt off of 
the bed slipped the diaper underneath him laid him on the 
diaper then she brought the thing up between his legs and 
fastened it together with the tapes and put him to bed.
	When he woke up by himself the bed was completely dry 
but the diaper was wet and he needed the diaper to be taken 
off of him right away so that he wouldn't have a diaper 
rash. He went to his parents room to get his dad up to let 
him take off his diaper. Dad its time to wake up and I need 
to have this diaper removed its wet please dad wake up 
Matthew said to his father. Okay okay I will be right in to 
change you out of your wet diaper so go to your room and 
wait for me to get there Kurt said to his son. Matthew did 
as he was told in a few minutes his dad walked in and 
changed him out of his wet diapers and put some play clothes 
on him and had him go to the living room to watch a little 
TV. This went on like this for about two weeks until it was 
time for him to be enrolled in the near by elementary 
school.
	The time has arrived the first day of school what a day 
it was getting him changed feeding him breakfast and than 
going with him to enroll in school the day went okay as he 
got off the bus telling his mom while his father was at work 
still. The routine went like this for awhile until he 
started to wet his pants at school so his mom bought him 
some Goodnites to wear at school and with that she also sent 
with him a note telling his teacher that he needed to be 
changed during lunch time period.
	One night it started the nightmares about when he was a 
little baby that his real parents mistreating him and not 
really letting him be treated like they should have . So 
Kurt and Helen took him to the doctors again to see what 
could be done with him. As the doctor started to ask Matthew 
some questions about his babyhood he found out it wasn't 
very pretty at all. The doctor went to see his parents with 
the bad news. Mr. And Mrs. Palmer he addressed them, Matthew 
had been abused when he was a baby his real parents did not 
allow him the chance to be a baby they forced him to grow up 
at the age of one years old and therefore all his wetting at 
home and at school is the results of his abuse. So they went 
home and got him ready for bed that night he woke up crying 
and his mom and dad came to comfort him and asked him what 
is wrong honey ? Matt told them that he wished he could have 
been a baby a little bit more than the year that he was a 
baby. They finally got him back to sleep and put him back to 
bed.
	So after Matt was sent to school his parents took all 
of the stuff in his room and put it in the garage and than 
went shopping for the things to turn his room into a nursery 
for him so that he could be a baby for a little while 
longer. When Matt came home his parents surprised him with 
the baby things that were in his room. He saw a crib, a 
babies diaper table, and some new baby clothes for him to 
wear. That night was the start of a whole new life for 
Matthew and from that point on they called him their little 
Matty. At first they undressed him gave him a babies type 
bath and then put him into baby style cloth diapers with 
Velcro type fasteners and plastic pants with snaps on the 
sides and a cute little sleeper. Then Wendy took him and 
cradled him in her arms in a rocking chair while her husband 
went to get a baby bottle for Matty to drink and pacifier 
for him before he went to sleep.
	The next morning the got him up dress him for school 
this went on for a few months and Helen said we don't have 
any pictures of Matty as a baby so one day they took Matty 
down to one of the studios for some pictures and the 
photographer took pictures of Matty as a baby one in a 
babies highchair, one in a crib and another one of Matty 
lying down in a diaper on his front. They then went to get 
some last of his baby things a diaper bag and a stroller and 
a highchair when they arrived home the put Matty in his crib 
for a nap in one of his onesie and a plastic diaper.
	When Matty turned 13 he finally out grew the baby 
things and started to wear big boys clothing but he still 
wore his diapers to bed and he still wet his pants at school 
and at home so his parents still loved him with all their 
hearts and allowed him to run around sometimes only in a 
diaper and a long T-shirt up till he got out of school.
	This is the end of this story.

Story by maxella jehovah@pacifier.com if you like this story 
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