A mother and the son she gave up for adoption tell the story of their first meeting, 19 years after his birth.
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And I looked at him, and I said “You’re alive! You’re alive! You’re alive!” And he pulled me into a hug, and he said “Yeah, I thought you needed to know that.”
It’s just – you have no idea what it’s like to be voluntarily hugged by the child you gave away…
It’s just – you have no idea what it’s like to be voluntarily hugged by the child you gave away…
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