Mariël’s adoptive parents regretted her: ‘As a 6-year-old girl I knew exactly what I was costing’ | You should not miss these Rotterdam stories

She is an example that everything will be fine if you just persevere. “You have to fight for your own happiness,” says Mariël Vos (40). As a little girl she experienced dramatic things and as a teenager and foster child she lay in bed thinking about how she could best die. This is her story: about being discarded, being ‘angry as hell’ and how much foster families are needed.