Her Son Was Lost, Found, and Then Lost Again

Better Late Than Never

When David met Margaret in July of 2014, he was dying of thyroid cancer. The long-lost mother and son had a mere three weeks to make up for lost time. Margaret could have mourned all the “what ifs” and how she wished things could have been different, but she didn’t focus on bitterness.

Back in 2007, when The New York Times wrote about David’s story, it was in the hopes (as David purposely mentioned) that someone from his birth family would recognize him and provide him with his health history. He was on dialysis at the time and was looking to improve his kids’ futures. A home run would be finding his birth mother.