Life’s unexpected tragedies can often bring people closer together, but unfortunately, that reality is that it can often tear families apart as well.
Yet the following unusually uplifting story proves that some it can do both… you just might have to wait a very long time. It’s been more than 22 years since Lisa Hampson and Jim Powell had their son Ryan in 1993, and nearly two decades that they’ve been mourning him.
Hampson was just 18 years old when she gave birth to Ryan, who showed signs of perfect health until he appeared to have a cold developing at two and a half years old. Two days later, doctors diagnosed the Powell’s son with meningitis and he died hours later.
“I tried to get on with my life as best as I could. I started running half marathons for meningitis charities and raised thousands.” Hampson told the Daily Post UK the couple help eachother get through their son’s death, but ultimately had to split up.
“Jim moved away and got on with his life, but I always kept in touch with his mother.” Then, about two years ago tragedy struck again, when Hampson suffered a stroke. For the first time in about 16 years, Powell returned to his ex-wife’s side, explaining that he has always loved her. Neither of the two exes had ever remarried or had other kids and started to rekindle their long lost love.
A few months later, Hampson decided to take a pregnancy test, believe the effects of her stroke messed up her cycle. “How could I, at 40 years of age, after having a stroke, be pregnant?” she told Daily Post, but after a 16-week scan, tests revealed she would have another baby boy.
The couple’s son Oisan Ryan Powell was born last September and Hampson said “When the nurse first passed him to me, I thought at first it was Ryan. They looked so alike.”
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[Featured Image: Daily Post UK]
20 Years After Their Baby’s Death, Exes Reunite And Have Another Son is an article from: LifeDaily