A unique, inspirational adoption story about a woman placing clues in Social Services files hoping her granddaughter, who was placed for adoption, will one day follow the clues and find her.

BACKGROUND:  This story begins during a time when pregnancy out of wedlock carried a social stigma. To avoid being shunned and publicly ridiculed, the young women were sent away, many against their will, to find refuge at one of the  many homes for unwed mothers across the nation. The homes expected them to give their babies up for adoption in exchange for living in secrecy while at the home. The services of the homes, which began in the late 1800's, peaked between 1945-1990, during which time over four million unwed mothers were provided refuge. The number of residents  peaked to over 89,000 unwed mothers in the year 1970. More than 90% of them released their babies for adoption. "Letters to Stephanie" is about one child who was adopted under these circumstances and the grandmother's quest for them to one day be reunited.

In 1982, Ian Weber, who is engaged to be married, confesses to his mother, Anna Weber, that Tara Harper, a girl he used to date is pregnant with his child. His choices are abortion, adoption, marry Tara and break his fiancee's heart, or give Tara the stigma of raising an illegitimate child. Tara wants her baby, but decides on abortion. Anna makes a phone call that results in Tara keeping her baby. However, giving into society and family pressures Tara leaves town to live in secret at a home for unwed mothers until Stephanie is born. Tara invites Anna to see Stephanie before she releases her for adoption. Ian asks Social Services for custody, but is told he has no rights. Anna, asks if she can adopt Stephanie, but is told that a grandparent's only right is to put a letter without identifiable information in it in their grandchild's file. Anna places clues in her letter for Stephanie's file hoping that one day, by some miracle, Stephanie will follow the clues and find her. Social Services blackens out part of the letter and discards the two middle pages.

The rest of the story, which spans over the course of several decades in what can only be described as a divine intervention, Stephanie and Anna are placed directly in each other's path over and over again. Even though their families are over a hundred miles apart, their lives are divinely intertwined. An effective drama about the tenacity of family love.