It is never easy to give a child up for adoption. Shelley Pitts was 14 years old when she became pregnant, and she thought it was the best thing for her baby.
Since the day she gave him away, she has quietly celebrated her son’s birthday every year. After more than three decades apart, the two were finally reunited.
Shelley Pitts became pregnant when she was 14 years old. She was so young, though, that she believed she could just ignore her lack of a period and the pregnancy would go away. ‘I’m too young to have a child,’ she reasoned. Read the full story here ▶