No One except Teacher Cares for Orphaned Boy, Cries When He Calls Her ‘Mommy’ in Court – Story of the Day

A childless teacher who yearns to become a mother and an orphaned boy who prays for a family become a ray of sunshine for each other. When an unexpected storm arrives to snatch this joy from them, the teacher puts up her best fight and cries when he calls her 'mommy' in court.

As Sharon marched to the classroom, she was distracted by the kids running around the playground. She pressed her teary eyes on the window, staring through the dark chapter of her life, as she recalled the words doctors told her five years ago: "We are sorry, Mrs. Turner, you cannot bear a child."

"Why is my life so hollow? Won't I ever become a mother??" she cried, tearing herself away from the sight of the children. Their laughter hammered in her heart, reminding her of her infertility.

As soon as she stepped in, the noisy class turned grave silent, followed by a sweet chorus of kids wishing her 'Good Morning!' All except 12-year-old Tom, who was crying with his head down on the desk.

"Tom, is everything alright?" Sharon worried and walked up to him. She had returned to work after a vacation, so she couldn't immediately guess the heartbreak Tom had endured in her absence...

"Tom, are you alright?"

As soon as Tom sensed Sharon was approaching, he rose and ran out, crying.

"Tom, what happened??" Sharon ran after him, only to learn he had lost his mother recently. She was all he had, and her loss shattered him.

"Oh, my dear, I am so sorry to hear that. Do you have an aunt... grandparents?"

"My mom was all I had. I was sent to a shelter after her funeral."

When God shuts a door, stay calm and wait because He is about to open a better one for you.

Sharon looked through Tom's teary eyes and understood that it was not just his mother's death that worried him. There was something else. She comforted him and patted his shoulder because she knew what he was going through. Sharon had lost her parents when she was little, and she could relate to his pain.

Tom suddenly burst into tears again and said: "All my friends are saying that nobody will adopt me because I'm twelve and too old to find a family."

Sharon's heart went out to the poor grieving boy as she hugged him and said, "You can count on me!"

Little did she know what was coming next.

Days flew by, and Tom gradually healed, thanks to Sharon's love and care. She became the most lovable person in his life. The bereaved orphan felt a strange fondness for his teacher, and everything she did for him, including their evening outings to the park after school, reminded him of his late mother.

"Mrs. Turner, how do you know I love to walk in the park?" he asked her one day, just weeks after their relationship bloomed.

"I had often seen you here with your mother, Tom. I just guessed you would love this place and the peace spread around here!"

Tom spoke no more and kept walking as the sun disappeared behind the oak trees that swayed to the gust of wind. After dropping him at the shelter, a strange thought struck Sharon. She went home and asked her husband Jacob one question that would change their lives.

"Honey, there's a boy in my class," she began, biting her nails.

"He's such a sweet kid, but sadly, he recently lost his mother. I like him and was wondering if we could give him a new life. What do you think?!"

"That's amazing, darling. But does he have any relatives?"

"Nope! He's in the shelter and is placed for adoption until he finds a good family. Honey, why don't we become that loving family to him? Why don't we adopt him?"

Jacob readily agreed because if Tom was going to be the reason behind their happiness, he was more than delighted to welcome him home.

A few days later, the couple began the adoption process and were halfway through the paperwork when an unexpected storm whirled in to destroy their dreams. A man claiming to be Tom's biological father met Sharon to talk her out of the adoption.

"Yes, I'm Sharon Turner. How may I help you?" Sharon greeted a guy in the waiting room.

"I'm Alex, Tom's father. I heard you are going to adopt him. I came here to ask you to drop it. My son is not an orphan, and I'm taking him with me."

"A father out of nowhere?" she wondered and suspected something was murky about the man and his sudden involvement in Tom's life.

"The adoption is almost through, and you can deal with me in court. I don't want to discuss this further," she replied and stormed away.

"Is he really Tom's father? If yes, why haven't I seen him before? Does Tom recognize him?"

Sharon inspected Tom's records and found that Alex wasn't mentioned as his father anywhere. "I'll deal with him in court," she thought and left to meet her lawyer when something strange caught her eye. Alex was on a phone call in the corridor, and Sharon overheard him talking to someone.

"I will get Tom's custody at any cost. It's my only chance to gain public assistance and housing. I won't have to pay any rent and can live like a king with the benefits because I would be a single father."

Sharon pursed her lips and walked away, ignoring Alex.

A few days later, at the court...

"We will try our best to get the boy's custody. But now that his biological father has appealed to take him away, our chances are slim," Sharon's lawyer disappointed her.

Meanwhile, Alex was hell-bent on proving Tom was his son and provided proof of an old DNA test he'd taken when the boy was little. If that weren't enough, he convinced the court that Tom's birth mother had forbidden him from visiting his son. He showed them their old photographs and love letters they exchanged.

The evidence convinced the court that Alex was the boy's birth father.

"She even refused to acknowledge me as the boy's father, Your Honor. She was a toxic woman who never allowed me to harbor a relationship with my son. She did not include me in his life or on his birth certificate. She hated me to the core and vented her resentment by keeping me away from my son right since his birth."

"This is my only chance to prove to my son that I love him. I want to raise him and give him a promising future. Please send him with me. I am his father, and he is not an orphan."

Sharon's heart raced as she and her lawyer were partly clear about the judgment, as the pieces of evidence Alex provided were strong.

"I should've recorded his phone conversation the other day," she regretted. "This man wants the boy just to claim benefits from the government. He may be Tom's father, but he doesn't love him."

"Mrs. Turner, do you have something to say?" the judge broke Sharon's silence.

"Your Honor, Tom regards me as his mother. My life changed after he arrived. Please reconsider this case and grant his custody to me. I promise I'll do everything to raise him with love and care."

"Your Honor, you cannot do that. I'm his father, and I demand rights over my son."

Everyone in the court was curious to know the judgment, and a few minutes after careful thought, the judge spoke up, leaving the choice in Tom's hands.

"We will hear from the boy now."

All eyes were on Tom, waiting to know what his decision would be.

Sharon's heart pounded faster while Alex frowned, confident that Tom would agree to go with him. But things took an unexpected turn when Tom spoke up, moving Sharon and everyone to tears.

"I love my new mommy and want to stay with her!"

"I love her because she treats me like her son. I don't want to go with my father because he was never a part of my life. I don't know him and cannot love someone I haven't met."

Sharon burst into tears of joy. She forgot it was a court and that people were watching, and she cried like a child, hugging the boy.

"Your Honor, the boy is too young to decide," Alex furiously interrupted.

Just then, a security guard from Tom's school barged into the courtroom.

"Your Honor, this man is a crook!" he shouted, holding a flash drive.

"George, what are you doing here?" Sharon gasped and glanced up at the flash drive.

"Mrs. Turner, I learned today is the hearing for Tom's adoption. I was checking last week's surveillance camera footage and found something really shocking. You must see this right away."

It was audio and video footage of Alex's phone conversation the other day recorded from a surveillance camera near the corridor. To Sharon's shock, it also revealed a part of the discussion she hadn't overheard.

"I will fool them... Nobody will know that I abandoned my ex-girlfriend when she was pregnant," began the footage as there was pin-drop silence in the court.

"She met me with my newborn child and DNA reports and threatened to sue me if I didn't pay child support. I grabbed the reports and fled the city without a trace. I returned after seeing her obituary in the newspaper, and now that she's dead and gone, I will blame her. I don't have to pay for anything once I get the boy's custody because the government will... I would be a single father, you see!"

"Your Honor, it's fake and morphed. It's not me, and I didn't say those things. I've been tricked. Please trust me," Alex shrieked, trying to prove himself innocent.

"Stop it, you liar! This is the copy of the footage, and there are more with you loitering around the school campus... and there's one with you threatening Mrs. Turner in the waiting hall," the watchman said.

That was enough to shut Alex up. Meanwhile, the court approved the adoption and granted Sharon custody of Tom.

"The decision was already made when Tom called Mrs. Turner his "new mommy." The video evidence is additional proof that has put things in place now."

While Sharon and Jacob returned home happily with their adopted son, Alex tasted the bitter outcome of his greed. He was convicted of cheating and put behind bars. As for Tom, he restored his joy in life and looked forward to a beautiful future with his adoptive family.

What can we learn from this story?

• Children need deep affection and the touch of love that only parents can give. After Tom lost his mother, he harbored a loving relationship with his teacher due to her affection and care for him. He regarded her as his 'new mother.'
• When God shuts a door, stay calm and wait because He is about to open a better one for you. Sharon was distraught over her inability to conceive. But the hollow in her heart was filled with eternal joy when she adopted Tom.
• Do not let greed poison your soul and reap disappointment. Alex wanted to adopt Tom because he wished to enjoy the benefits the government granted to single parents. Ultimately, his greed sent him to jail.

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