'I've been praying for this day for 34 years and always wished you would show up on my doorstep.'
A woman met her birth mom for the first time in 34 years, and shared the emotional reunion in a dramatic video.with almost 4 million views."My adoption was closed and I’ve been trying to find her for over 10 years with failed attempt after failed attempt."
"The way your moms hugged each other ... you could feel the gratitude they had for each other," another person wrote.she was adopted at 2 weeks old in a closed adoption, when her mom was 17. The only information Ruiz had about her mom was a brief physical description, education level and a list of hobbies. When she turned 18, her parents shared two tokens from Howard: a knit blanket and a letter written on the day of her birth, expressing her wish to reunite one day.
An online search produced an obituary for Ruiz's grandfather Richard Deveraux, in which Angie was listed as a surviving relative. Ruiz learned that while her birth mom lives in Arizona, she grew up in Pleasant Grove, Utah, about 30 minutes from her childhood home in Draper.Courtesy Rachel Ruiz
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