A woman abandons her newborn baby on a business plane seat because she fears she won’t be able to care for him, but when things improve for her several years later, she decides to find him and take him in. “PREGNANT?! You must be out of your mind, Rhonda!” her father, David Harris, yelled at her when he found out she was pregnant with her boyfriend Peter’s child. Rhonda, unlike Peter, came from a wealthy family, and her father owned a large textile company.
and she feared her son would never accept her. But she decided to take a chance and meet her boy for the first, and possibly, final time. Unfortunately, she was correct in the sense that things would go wrong. “My mom? You must be kidding me!” Matthew lashed out at her when she met him. “Where have you been all these years? I don’t need you! I am happy with my adoptive parents.” Rhonda’s eyes welled up when Matthew said that. She had approached the local police for assistance, telling them her entire story, and luckily, one of the helpful officers had assisted her in locating her son. Initially, she had feared that she would never find Matthew because he could have been adopted by anyone in the world and given a different name. She was lucky enough to begin her search in New York and find him there by the name she had given him.She contacted Matthew’s adoptive mother, explaining why she had abandoned him and chosen the name Matthew Harris for him. It turned out the boy was adopted by Lincy, the flight attendant, and her husband. She was hesitant to introduce Rhonda to Matthew after how she’d left him, but she eventually agreed to give her a chance to explain herself upon learning her story. “I’m sorry, Matthew,” Rhonda said. “I know you’re upset, and you don’t want to accept me, but can’t you give me one chance?” “No way!” the boy yelled. “You are a mean woman who left me all alone. If my parents didn’t adopt me, I’d be in an orphanage today!” “But Matthew,” Rhonda said. “I didn’t want to do that. Will you not let me explain why I left you?” Matthew was reluctant to do so, but he agreed after his parents persuaded him. Rhonda didn’t tell him about the early pregnancy or how she was kicked out because he was only 13. But she told him she was poor and that his father had left her. Lincy went on to explain that it was difficult for Rhonda to provide a good life for him, so she gave him up. However, Matthew still didn’t want to accept her as his mother. “I can forgive you, maybe,” he said. “But I can’t call you mom. I have only one mother.” “It’s all right, Matthew,” Rhonda said. “Can I come to see you at least on weekends?”“Ok, I don’t mind that,” the boy said. It’s been ten years since that fateful day. Matthew is now 23 years old and works as a data scientist in New York City. With time, he forgave Rhonda for what she had done and accepted her as his mother, realizing that whatever she had done was a compulsion. Rhonda recently met a man named Andrew at work, and the two have been dating for a month. Rhonda wants to marry him, but first, she intends to talk to Matthew about it. She also met Mrs. Bamford when she went to Texas two years ago, and the older woman was glad that things worked out for her. What can we learn from this story? Time heals everything. Matthew realized over time that Rhonda wasn’t entirely to blame for what happened that fateful day she left him. There’s no point in dwelling on the past. Matthew understood it and forgave Rhonda.