The only thing thicker than blood is a promise kept for 17 years — and a secret kept even longer.
Her adoptive mother secretly wrote to her biological mother for 17 years. She had no idea.
Alicia Mae Holloway discovered that her adoptive mother Evelyn had secretly sent photos and updates of her to her biological mother every six months for 17 years. The letters, sent to a friend's house to avoid the birth mother's racist family, allowed her to watch Alicia grow up from afar. They reunited when Alicia was 18.
Source: Her adoptive mother secretly wrote to her biological mother for 17 years. She had no idea. — Upworthy
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