Many years ago, the whole Lemus family lived at Casa Angelina together. However, at a court hearing, their oldest sister requested guardianship of her younger sisters, promising to take care of them and give them an education. Aura, Monica, Sarai, and Maria went to live with her, and she soon began to verbally and physically abuse them. Eventually, they were able to get in touch with their older brother, Juan Jose, who still lived at Casa Angelina and asked him for help. The three youngest girls were rescued shortly after and brought back to Casa Angelina to be reunited with their brother. Maria stayed living with her older sister for a few more months but asked for help shortly after discovering that she was pregnant and that the baby’s father refused to be responsible for her and the baby. She came back to Casa Angelina but this time she was four months pregnant. When her due date got near, she started to have pregnancy complications and had to be admitted at 39 weeks for an emergency c-section due to life-threatening pre-eclampsia. Praise the Lord, both baby and Maria made it through the delivery without any further complications, and Maria decided to name her little boy Ivan after Papi Ivan Tait. What a blessing it is to see how she has flourished as a mother and the ultimate protector of her baby.