{"id":77171,"date":"2025-09-01T08:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=77171"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:32:27","slug":"true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"True Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Quora:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"q-box\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-mb--small\">\n<div class=\"q-flex\">\n<div class=\"q-box\">\n<div class=\"q-flex qu-alignItems--flex-start\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-flex--auto\">\n<div class=\"q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray qu-passColorToLinks\">\n<p><span class=\"c1h7helg\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Posted\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--center\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-display--inline\">\n<div class=\"q-box qu-display--inline\">\n<div class=\"q-relative qu-display--inline puppeteer_popper_reference\">\n<div class=\"q-click-wrapper c1nud10e qu-display--inline qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--center qu-wordBreak--break-word\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Richard Strachan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-text\">\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">[The Post was originally from Wonder.]<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q-relative qu-color--gray\">\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">She was 24, fresh out of college. The baby was 3 months old, abandoned outside the hospital with a newspaper saying, &#8220;Sorry. Please love him.&#8221; No one was welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rachel, a volunteer at the hospital, had no plans to be a mother. But when she held him, his hand gripped her finger. Her heart couldn&#8217;t let him go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The agency said she was too young and inexperienced. She replied, &#8220;I may not have money, but I have love. And he needs it.&#8221; She adopted Elijah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">People gossiped, but Elijah stuck by her through the hard times. She worked three jobs to give him piano lessons, and answered when he called her &#8220;Mom.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Elijah grew up, became smart, and received a scholarship to Harvard. At his graduation party, he said, &#8220;My mom didn&#8217;t just give me life&#8230; she saved it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">+<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rachel Go. 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