Young Mother Gives Her Son Up For Adoption Only To Meet Him In A Marathon Decades Later

May 25, 2020 by apost team

Pregnancy can be a scary thing at times. There are so many factors that are taken into consideration when it comes to having a baby. It is also incredibly time-consuming and costly to raise a child.

Teen pregnancies are even scarier, and as was the case for Stacey Faix, sometimes end in giving the baby up for adoption. Decades later, while preparing to run the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, Stacey's son Stephen surprised her and the two were reunited for the first time since his birth.

Being 15-years-old has its struggles—awkward times indeed. School, drama, family, friends, and more dictate the lives of many 15-year-olds. 

What could be more complicated than that?

Being 15 and pregnant.

Most women decide one of three things when a situation like that happens. Option one is to have an abortion. Depending on where a woman lives and what her values are, this may not be an option. Another option is to keep the baby and raise it.

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The last option is for a woman to give her child away for adoption.

Stacey Faix was 15 when she was pregnant. Just like most teens in that situation, she was unprepared and didn't know what to do. Ultimately, she made the painful decision to put her son up for adoption. She never even got to hold him.

She didn't have a chance at finding him ever again. With so many babies' records, she had no idea how to track him. She never thought she would see her biological son ever again. 

In November 2017, legislation passed a law that allows adoptees to know who their birth parents are.

Stacey was preparing to participate in the Pittsburgh Half Marathon. Right before the race kicked off, she was handed a mysterious letter. Confused as to why she was getting letters at the starting line of a marathon, she opened it up.

It said: "It's been 13,075 days since you last saw me. I didn't want to make you wait one more."

Stacey realized almost immediately what the letter meant. She ran to her son and they embraced for the first time in over 35 years.

Watch this touching reunion!

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