This story might not have happened if one day one person with a big heart did not help another. It is known that good has the property of returning to the sender, and today you will see this again. When applying for adoption, Ingeborg Mackintosh could not imagine how this noble act would turn out for her!
After 27 years, her dedication and boundless love for her neighbor literally saved Ingeborg’s life. Ingeborg Mackintosh has chosen an unusual and very difficult profession. She is the guardian of the children who were abandoned by their parents. More than 120 thousand abandoned children have found warmth, attention and care in the home of their foster mother.
And although Ingeborg treated every child with boundless awe and love, this baby just won her heart.
In a shelter for children abandoned by their parents, Ingeborg met a 4-year-old baby and immediately realized that it was her boy. However, it did not work out right away to adopt little Jordan.
Despite the benevolent attitude of the guardianship authorities, Macintosh was not allowed to take the child for himself.
As it turned out, the boy’s biological mother set a condition — only African-Americans or a mixed family could adopt Jordan. For about four years, the boy was looking for a suitable family all over the country.
As a result, after an unsuccessful search, Jordan still became the official son of Ingeborg Mackintosh.
20 years later — the trouble came suddenly …
A happy life went on its own. The boy became an adult, an independent man. However, he always remembered the one who replaced his mother and restored faith in people.
Jordan was eternally grateful to Mackintosh for his childhood—for the care and love that she gave him. And a few months ago, he had the opportunity to thank his mother.
Ingeborga was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, and an urgent transplant operation was required. Needless to say, the queue for donor organs was huge. People have been waiting for years, and often they will not wait for a life-saving operation.
Realizing this, Mackintosh set herself up for the fact that her life, which she spent without a drop of regret on helping others, was coming to an end. But then her beloved boy intervened …
As soon as Jordan found out about his mom’s illness, he immediately passed all the necessary tests to check for compatibility. It turned out that his kidney was completely suitable for transplantation. Without a shadow of a doubt, the guy gave a part of himself to his named, but most native mother.
Fortunately, the operation was successful, and now Ingeborg continues to live to the delight of all her adopted children, and of course, Jordan.
She adopted 120,000 children, but only one saved her …
A wonderful and absolutely symbolic nuance: the operation was performed on the eve of the Mother’s Day holiday. And it does not matter at the same time, a native mother or a foster mother. Jordan ‘s own words describe what happened very simply and sincerely:
«It’s the least I could do. She saved me, I had to save her.»
Such an attitude is not often found even among people related by blood. Perhaps this is a good reason to think about how our actions can change our lives for the better.
Unselfishness and attention, care and love are those priceless coins that you should not take care of and keep to yourself.
