“A Christmas miracle”: in Texas, Melissa Highsmith, kidnapped at 2, finds her family 50 years later

None can hold back their tears. Nor the mother, Alta. Nor his daughters, Melissa, Rebecca and Sharon. “It’s been like this for days,” Sharon breathes, pressing her palm to her wet eyes. But rest assured, these are tears of joy! How to describe this happiness that overwhelms them? How to put words on this pain, five decades old, evaporated in one day? Sharon reflects: “I think it’s impossible. It’s a Christmas miracle! »