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As many parents and children have talked about, adoption and the foster care system can be both beautiful and devastating experiences for families. Where one adopted family is able to provide more support and stability to a child, sometimes the birth mother is left out of the picture, no matter how much she loves her child.
One family is breaking down that binary and teaching the world a beautiful lesson in compassion, by keeping their families united, no matter what circumstances come between them.
An adoptive mom on TikTok said she often brings her son to see his homeless birth mother.
Adoptive mother Lacey recently took to TikTok to share the incredible story of her son Matthew’s life and relationship with his birth mother, who was forced to give him up after only two weeks of caring for him
Lacey initially posted a video of the son and mother reuniting and interacting at a gas station, with a simple explanation: “Happy kid and his birth mommy. She’s been homeless for 22 years. When we see her around town, we always stop to say hi.”
After garnering 30,000 views, and hundreds of questions, however, Lacey decided to follow up on the circumstance. With the permission of both her son and his birth mother, she explained in depth the relationship that she had shown only the surface of.
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