15-Year-Old Mom Puts Baby Up For Adoption And 35 Years Later He Says He’s Standing Right Behind Her

15-Year-Old Mom Puts Baby Up For Adoption And 35 Years Later He Says He’s Standing Right Behind Her

We often hear incredible stories of people meeting family members again after many years. It is always emotional to witness these reunions, especially when the reunions are of people who were separated at birth and then meet again. This is what happened to Stacey Faix from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, now in her 50s, who had to make a very difficult decision over 35 years ago to give her baby son up for adoption.

Faix had almost given up on ever seeing her son again when something unimaginable happened to her just before she was about to begin running the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in 2018. She was handed a letter from her biological son, Stephen Strawn, who, after a lot of hard work and commitment, had managed to track his mother down and was there to meet her.

Stacey Faix was just 15 years old when she got pregnant. Just like most teens in that situation, she was scared, unprepared, and unsure of what to do. Ultimately, she made the painful decision to put her son up for adoption. She didn’t even get to hold him.

She didn't believe she would find him again. With so many babies and records, she had no idea how to track him down. She never thought she would see her biological son. And she didn't — until 35 years later, as reported here by ABC News.

As she was waiting at the starting line of the marathon in 2018, then 35-year-old Stephen Strawn, from Ohio, surprised his biological mother by handing her a mysterious letter. She was pretty confused, had no idea who he was, or what was happening until she opened the letter.

The letter read, "It's been 13,075 days since you last saw me. I didn't want to make you wait one more." Not everyone would have understood that cryptic message, but Faix realized straight away what those words meant, and she was utterly overcome. She was finally able to embrace her son for the first time in over 35 years.