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"I became a mother at the age of 62, the day my son knocked on the door", the woman's touching account of her life

2022-11-13 12:31:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"I became a mother at the age of 62, the day my son knocked on the

Two and a half months after retiring, Martha Einerson received an email from a former colleague with the words “this seems kind of important” and a smiley face. Einerson read it. Written by one Jonathan Tarrelt, the note began: "Hello, I am the biological son of Martha Einerson."

His heart began to beat fast. She told her husband James. She called her sisters. She planned to prepare an answer - "something she would remember". But that evening, as he got ready for bed, he looked out the window, “and there was this amazing double rainbow at sunrise. I thought: this is a sign.

I wrote a short note: 'Hi, oh my god, I haven't seen you since you were little.'" At the age of 62, Einerson had "become a mother". Einerson was 19 years old, in her first year at the University of Dallas, when she met her boyfriend. After she found out she was pregnant, the seven brothers and sisters supported her. But when the relationship with her partner ended, with the support of her family, she decided to give the child up for adoption.

Martha, 63, is a professor of communication studies, specializing in interpersonal communication and personal relationships. She says she always told her life story to the students. People asked, "Don't you want to find it?" And she answered: "I don't know".

Einerson says she often wondered if her son was okay, if he was alive. "I imagined what it would be like if he came to the door." She registered with adoption agencies so he could find her if he wanted, but she never wavered from her decision not to look for him.

"I felt like I was breaking a promise," she says. "I took a vow - to give it to a family." When the boy was born, Marta says she was able to look at the baby for a while but was not allowed to touch him. She remembers his red face, his head of dark hair, but not a complete image.

"I kept trying but I couldn't," she says. However, when Tallert sent her a photo, she recognized him immediately. "Something in my heart knew that. "I looked at it and thought, 'Oh, yeah.'" Marta did not have any more children. She and her husband have a fantastic relationship.

"We weren't able to have our children, so we both focused on our careers." It's been two years since her son emailed her. They communicate often. They talk on the phone or FaceTime. Last year, Tallert and his fiancee visited Einerson at her home in Minnesota.

They discovered that they share many similarities, including a love of music. “We have the same favorite candy—the Chick-O-Stick,” says Einerson. The son calls her Martha. "But every now and then, he calls me and mom. And I still feel as good as the first time," she says.


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