“I had done everything right. The last 4 years were wiped away without reason. My mind kept replaying every situation over and over again. Not only was I going to school, working, and dealing with my parents’ divorce, but I was now about to be a single mom. I prayed for a sign I’d be okay.”
‘There I was, crying over my newborn daughter, looking at my husband’s arm around another woman. I begged him to talk to me in person. He never called, never texted. My world flipped.’
‘A 20-year-old suddenly appeared on our doorstep. He needed a family just as much as we needed him. His foster mom texted me, ‘I’m no longer able to provide care for him.’
“Joe had lived with a caring foster mother for the past 7 years. He has cognitive disabilities and required ongoing care, even though he was now an adult. I emailed friends, ‘I feel sad he is not with us.’ Less than an hour later, I got her text. We had less than a day to decide.”
My dad had written ‘Best After April 2016’: After 3 miscarriages, woman credits beer, baseball and fate for working in ‘mysterious ways’
“During my dad’s visit, he reminded me of a story that helped me to accept everything happens for a reason. I️ don’t think it was a coincidence I received the email on my daughter’s second birthday, September 6th. But I’ll let you decide.”
‘Oh by the way – you’re going to meet your wife today.’ It was clear she did not want to talk to me. I went to bed that night and had a dream I was at my wedding. I was marrying this girl.
“A few nights later, I had a dream – it was just Kyle’s face. I woke up frustrated why this man I didn’t even know, who was in a relationship, was so clearly impressed in my mind.”
Stranger on airplane adopts woman’s newborn son after chance encounter: ‘I felt as if we had been friends for years’
“Unknowingly, I set in motion a chain of events that would eventually secure the future of my child.”
