I Gave a Woman $6 to Help Pay for Baby Formula – the Next Day, My Manager Called Me over the Intercom and Handed Me an Envelope

Too young. Too scared.

Too alone.

She’d given that baby up.

She’d called me her second chance.

We never talked about it again.

She died five years ago. The whole thing stayed like a bruise. I didn’t press on.

I kept reading.

“After my son was born.

I started looking for information. I wanted to know where I came from. I didn’t want to wreck anyone’s life.

I just needed answers.

Eventually, I found some records. I found a name that kept appearing with mine.

Your name. Laura.

And our biological mother’s name: Mary.”

My hands shook. Mary. My mom.

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