CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago man and his long-lost mother have a lot of catching up to do after reuniting several years ago. He now helps her run the bakery he used to attend before he found out she was the owner.

There’s a lot of laughter coming from the kitchen at Give Me Some Sugah, a bakery in Chicago, as mother and son Vamarr Hunter and Lenore Lindsey work together. The two discovered they were related a couple of years ago.

“It’s the story and the happiest moment of my life that, as a senior, all of this has come together,” Lindsey said.

Lindsey was 17 years old when she gave up her newborn son for adoption. Hunter was 35 when he found out he had been adopted, and years later he became curious about meeting his birth mother. Then, he presented the results of the genetic tests.

It turned out that mother and son lived in the same South Shore neighborhood and he was a regular customer at the bakery she owned.

“When I called him, that connection was very immediate,” Lindsey said. “I can’t even explain it. “It was like everything in my heart had opened.”

Lindsey believes God brought them together. When they discovered their relationship, she was facing a health crisis, which led Hunter, who had no prior baking experience, to take over the bakery. Nowadays, he is especially proud of his sponge cake.

“It has been a great experience. It strengthens my faith even more,” Hunter said.

Now that Lindsey’s health has improved, she and her son often work together.

“You can’t get back the time of days gone by. What you can do is use the time you have appropriately,” Hunter said.

Hunter recently met the sister he never met and her entire family. Now that she knows more about her family lineage, she plans to keep the bakery in the family. He says once he retires, he wants to pass it on to one of his four children.

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