“Mother, long-lost son finally meet more than 30 years later”’
By: Michael Martine, Casey Wian, and Gonzalo Alvarado
Source: CNN
A mother in Wisconsin finally meets her long-lost son on Saturday. They have not seen each other for thirty-five years when her ex-husband took him away to Mexico. They met at the San Diego airport and it was emotional. The mother only knows how to speak English and her thirty-seven-year-old son, David Amaya Barrick, only knows how to speak Spanish. His father took him to Mexico when he was only two years old. They were in Chicago at first. His mother, Kathy Amaya, is now sixty. David spoke to her in Spanish and he said, “I love you and I missed you a lot. I welcome you into my life.” Kathy responds with "I love you and I'm very happy to see you and I'm not going to let you go." They will be in San Diego and spending a couple of days together to catch up on life and know each other again. They will go back to Wisconsin and have Thanksgiving together. Kathy also has two other children. They are four adults and are half-siblings to David. The Two of them live with Kathy. Back in Mexico, David was arrested for illegally crossing the Mexican border. “The U.S. Border Patrol thought he and a Mexican national were smugglers because they were in the company of six Romanian nationals.” Bandits also robbed David of all his money and cell phone and only left him the clothes he was wearing. David did not have any identification at the time and he told the Border Patrol agents that he was a Mexican National but, as if the memory came out of the blue, he told them that he was a U.S citizen born in Chicago. The mother must have been devastated when her ex-husband took David away but all that waiting for thirty-five years was worth it. Now they have reunited and are happy again. The only sad part of this is that they are mother and son and do not have any mother and son memories together. Every person should have those memories that they remember as a child with their parents.
One can only imagine the joy in the eyes of both mother and son being finally reunited. The cheerful and loving emotions must have been almost palpable. It warms my heart, knowing that a family forced to be separated can live happily together in peace. It is wonderful to hear such blissful news every once in a while, compared to the usual depressing antics society hears typically. Outstanding work, Mary!
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