Reunion by chance.?

Question

Do you have a story where a family was reunited by chance?

Will you share it?

Answer 1

Oh this is going to hurt to write out.

When my son turned 7 I was working a c**p job as a Mc Manager. I was in charge of birthday parties. I had a party coming in at 7 so at 6 I started setting out the decorations and getting ready. At ten to 7 I looked in the party book to see if it was a boy or a girl and their age to get an idea of what kind and size of birthday shirt I needed to grab. My heart stopped. The name was Justin, birth date November 29, turning 7. I was working in the same suburb they lived in and I just felt sick. How could I pull off being the hostess for my lost son's birthday party??? I knew I couldn't do it. Nobody I worked with knew about Jay. I had kept him a closely guarded secret for fear of people looking down on me, I hadn't seen him in 4.5 years. I called another manager over and asked her to come outside for a smoke and coffee with me. Outside I broke down and confessed the whole story, the coercion, how I had been stripped of my rights and how much I loved his adoptive parents for not being cruel and hearing my side prior to the adoption. I wept tears of joy at the promise of a glimpse of my sweet boy and tears of fear that I wouldn't be able to keep my distance.

When the time came and they arrived I was watching through a two way mirror. Half of my crew crowded around and everyone kept saying "That's him! In the blue plaid shirt ! OMG he looks JUST LIKE YOU!" It was so hard to see him there in front of me, I broke down and went outside. Standing in the -20 Alberta winter, snow flying around me, I watched my son enjoy his big day. Tara, the manager working the party, watched me through the window and finally couldn't stand my pain any longer. She went up to Justin's mom and asked if he was adopted. Tracy said that yes he was and she knew I was outside but wasn't sure if I would want to be there with him. Tara told her how afraid I was to "ruin" his party and Tracy came running outside to me. She gathered me into her arms and held me while I cried and blubbered about not wanting to scare him that I was crying and how much I loved him and her. She held me close and walked me inside to meet my son. He was so beautiful. Huge blue eyes and my little girl blonde hair! She introduced me as her friend and he said hi in a very shy voice before running off to play.  I sat in a corner and let them continue their party while I watched from afar.

That was the last time I saw him.

Answer 2

i was married for 18 yrs during my marriage we were going through alot lost jobs injury and found out i was pregnant , i tryed everything i knew to do not to make the descion to give this baby up , at the hospital i knew it was right , i gave my little girl up the parents i picked i belived they were angels when i meet them they promised me this was only a temp, goodbye well now its been 18 yrs and to my suprise this yr for christmas i got the suprise of my life i got a phone call it was her she had found me , we agreed to meet for christmas , and now her and her new husband are living in the same town as me ive been blessed to have my little angel back , and have gained a son in law , so if you ask if adoption works all i can say is god does give us give us mircles when we dont think we will get them

Answer 3

Wow Andraya!  Thank you for sharing your story.  

Florida Gal, I'm sorry that I don't have a legitimate answer, but even if I did, Andraya's story says it all.

Answer 4

c**p where the tissue

Answer 5

Not sure if you consider this a reunion by chance, but it was sure unexpectind when it came, and couldn't have come on a more appropriate day.

I had been searching for my birth mother since I was 13. It was mostly done in secret as my adoptive parents did not want me to find her. It had been a family adoption and she was their ex daughter in law whom they blamed for the death of their son, my birth father.

When I was 18, I had found an uncle of my birth mother. I called him and explained who I was. He told me the last time he had heard anything about her, was when she was married to the boy who was killed in the car wreck. That had been 17 years earlier. I told him that was my father who had been killed.

He apologized for not knowing anything more but said my birth mom just wasn't the type to stay in contact with anyone. He doubted he would ever hear from her, but took my name and number just in case.  I never expected to hear from him again.

Life went on and a few weeks later, I discovered I was expecting my first child. It was a bittersweat time for me. I was excited about becoming a mother. (I married at 17 and couldn't wait to be a mom); yet I was sad because I didn't know the woman who had carried me and given birth to me and raised me for the first 21 months of my life.

Six days later was mother's day. I was at my adoptive mom's house and we had just got done with a big lunch. The phone rang and since I was closest I answered, expecting it to be one of my adoptive siblings calling to wish my adoptive mom happy mother's day.

A woman on the other end asked for me. I said "This is her" She said "This is your mother". I had a huge brain freeze here and said "my mother who?" (I was thinking well my mother is right here)

She said "This is Joyce" Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. This was my birth mom, the one everyone said I would never ever find.

I turned 3 shades of white and almost fainted. I took the call to the other room and told her she was to be a grandma, and she told me I had a brother and two sisters.

It turns out she had not spoken to her own mother in about 10 years and called the uncle I had talked to a couple of weeks earlier to get her phone number. Since it was mother's day she decided it would be a good time to reconcile.

She was told her mother had passed on 6 years earlier, but he  had the good news to tell her I was looking for her and to give her my number. Since I didn't answer at my house she called information and got my adoptive parents number.

She sent me the money to go to Florida and spend a week with her, and we have been in contact ever since. (I'm 35 now)

It was the best mother's day gift I have ever gotten.