At 18 years old Melanie Pressley discovered she was pregnant and had a difficult choice to make.
The father of her child had no interest in being a dad, but Melanie wanted her baby to have a mother and a father and knowing that her financial situation wasn’t stable enough to support a child alone, Melanie made the very tough decision to give her baby up for adoption.
“You go through a mourning period and yet live the rest of your life mourning,” Melanie said.
Melanie gave birth to her son on June 17, 1988, and even got to hold him before he was taken from her. Her sister took a picture of the two of them and this has been her only connection for over 30 years.Read the full article here ▶
