My Son was stolen when he was 18mos. old and just found me on the internet!?

Question

It is literally like a Story from the Montel williams show. My son was finally told when he was 13yrs. old that he had another mother out there. Ever since he was 18yrs old he has been searching for me. It was always my dream that this was what would happen. He had me listed on 3 sites and couldn't locate me. Finally a lady from Texas was looking for her dad and read his plea to find his mom, and on a different site she located me and called him. We now talk and e-mail each other all the time. My problem is that I am 54 and single and live from paycheck to paycheck, and cannot afford to fly down and re-unite with him. I have thought about contacting the newspaper to see if they might purchase me a ticket, for the story. But don't know if they do things like that. I would love to see my son again, and meet my Daughter in Law and 2 Grandkids. I was wondering if some of you might have some good ideas of how I might be able to do this. I would appreciate it more than only a mother can know

Answer 1

You and your son were brought together, by love of a mother and child. I am so happy for the both of you. I couldn't imagine going threw that .

Answer 2

Contact Montel Williams.
http://www.montelshow.com/misc/show_ideas/

Answer 3

I think contacting a newspaper or a magazine might be a good way to get the funds. You might also contact a few airlines and ask to speak to their Media Relations Department. Most airlines have inflight magazines.

If you don't mind being on TV you might contact some of the local and national TV shows that you like... Oprah, Helen, whomever.

To contact these people, simply put the name of the show into a search engine and when you go to their website locate the "contact us" section.. and give them a call or email them with you story idea.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Your best bet is to contact a magazine or a show like Montel Williams. If you don't really wanna do that, maybe you can ask a relative to lend you the money - like your parents, or maybe a sibling? Another route you might wanna go is setting up paypal and getting donations from people who wanna support you in reuniting with your son.
I wish you lots of luck with this!

Answer 5

Hello, (ANS) To the prior poster, That wouldnt paintings if the individuals who stole the computer had been technically savy. They might comfortably wipe the whole computer blank in seconds and any monitoring or hint program too. Any monitoring mechanism could need to be hardware established, or possibly a radio monitoring unit which gave out a observe in a position signal to GPS for instance, or a gadget difficult coded into the method bios that couldnt be converted or tampered with. Anything program established is a whole waste of time & cash as it could speedily & comfortably be eliminated with the correct equipment & potential. **If the computer used to be stolen your danger of each seing it once more are frankly BIG FAT ZERO!!! regrettably!! **Tracing it by means of its IP or MAC cope with is a waste of time too. It could be like looking to discover a needle within the largest haystack on the earth. You will simply need to correct it off or try to make a declare for your coverage when you've got coverage that covers robbery of hardware. IR

Answer 6

As a former newspaper reporter, I can tell you that papers, honest ones, do not pay for tickets. However, I might suggest contacting the paper to see if they have a feature story interest in your story. Then once it is printed, you might find that some kind hearted, likely well-off person in your area might donate the ticket to you.

Best of luck to you.

Answer 7

Write a letter to your local TV station and the newspaper.
Give a very brief description of what you have posted here.

Not too many details, just enough to pique their interest.
Give them the dates and location as closely as possible. They will find the archives.
This is a human interest story that the Media searches for.

I think you may be surprised and overwhelmed.

Good luck, and God bless.

Answer 8

Maybe you could write to a few reputable talk shows like Maury, Oprah, Tyra...

You may also want to let your son know that you are not financially able to and he may be able to purchase a ticket for you.

Another option is by driving, bus or train if it's not too far away.

Hope this helps and good luck!!!

Answer 9

it must be hard for you try a second job if possible and save the money you earn from it do a sponsor for your self telling people you want so dearly to see your boy and ask them to sponsor you on a run or something along them lines when you have raised the money or saved you will be so very happy at what you have achieved and even more so when you see your long lost family good luck hunny all the best

Answer 10

i would call the police on the mother that stole him 1st. she belongs in jail ..i know u're son may have hard with this but she stole 18 yrs. of u'er life together.That's wrong & i'd call tv stations u might have a better chance to reunite with him [like e.t. or 20/20] give u're son some time he'll get over this best of luck u're in my prayers.

Answer 11

Wow! Is really all I can say at the moment. That is so touching. I would say contact local newspapers and magazines and see what they can do to help you. They may put you in touch with local agencies that can help. Godd Luck and Congratulations!