Based on a true unique, inspirational adoption story. Society forces a man and woman to release their daughter for adoption. They and a grieving grandmother are permitted to write letters without identifiable information for the adoption file. The grandmother writes clues in her letter, hoping that one day the clues will lead her granddaughter to 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 live in secrecy at one of the  many homes for unwed mothers across the nation in exchange for giving up their babies for adoption. 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. Over four million babies, more than 90%, were released between 1945-1990. "Letters to Stephanie" is about one child who was adopted under these circumstances.

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. Her mother supports her keeping her baby, but her father threatens to disown her if she does. 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 have no rights.

Tara, Ian and Anna are permitted to write letters without identifiable information to Stephanie in her adoption file. Anna places clues in her letter, hoping that one day, by some miracle, the clues will help Stephanie find her. Social Services discards two pages and blacken a lot of the rest of her letter.

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.