When Dorothy joked about with a DNA genetic test to find long-distance relations, she was shocked to learn she had a daughter even though she had never been pregnant. Until her husband passed away at the age of 57, Dorothy Weaver had never thought of herself as a lonely lady. As human rights lawyers, Dorothy and her husband Thomas had an intensely passionate commitment to their cause.
They fell in love right away when they first met at a college student demonstration. They’d considered having kids on and off for the next thirty-five years, but every time something came along to distract them, the baby project would have to wait another year. The decades passed by more quickly than Dorothy had anticipated, and eventually having children was out of the question.
Nevertheless, they might still adopt. When he passed away, Tom and Dorothy had begun the adoption procedure. The phone rang as Dorothy was in the office discussing a desperate plan to spare a teenager on death row.
She took it up, annoyed at being interrupted. She’d snapped, “This had better be good!”
The quiet voice on the telephone asked, “Mrs. Weaver?” making the hairs on the back of her neck stand up.
“It’s about your husband, Mr. Thomas Weaver…”
Dorothy gave up on the phone, shutting out the pleading voice and all the pointless justifications. Tom had vanished.
That bold, large heart had let him down. “I’m alone,” Dorothy muttered to herself. “I’m all alone.”
Tom was raised by devoted parents, but Dorothy was moved around in foster care until she reached adulthood.
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