Yesterday was Mother’s Day to a special friend of mine. Long ago (24 years, to be exact), I was a brand new college professor, very close to the age of most of my students. One of those students was an incredibly smart, funny, talented teenager that had to misfortune to get pregnant. Her fiancé disappeared, and this young lady was absolutely lost with nowhere to go. I brought her home with me (this was in a less politically-correct world), and she lived with my husband and I until she delivered her first born, a son. She placed him up for adoption, and while she grieved terribly, she knew she was doing the right thing for him. Now, years later, she has a wonderful husband and two children, who (like their mother) are incredibly smart, funny and talented. Yesterday she received an email from her first born, who has been searching for her for some time now and has finally found her. They love each other already, and it’s an answer to both of their prayers. Now my friend can truly live happily ever after!
