After being with us for almost five years the adoption of our foster daughters was finalized this morning.
All of our adopted children are Alaska Native. They fall under Indian Child Welfare Act and their cases are handled by an agency that represents many of the over 200 remote villages.
We have had many hearings scheduled and canceled when the tribe could not get enough members to participate.
These sisters were 7 months and almost 3 when they came into our home.They had been taken from a party house and were not doing well. To see the changes their lives under the care of my wife Vickie is truly amazing.
The older daughter who is now 7 had been taking care of her sister and had many serious issues that have taken all these years to overcome.
She just graduated from first grade and was on the honor roll and at the top of her class. What a jewel she is!
In our home now we also have our 14 year old adopted daughter and her sister who we adopted out of foster care a year and a half ago when she was four months old and our foster son who just turned 4 and has been with us for a year.
The tribe honored us and thanked us for taking such good care of their children.
Yesterday when I got up at 5:00 AM I saw our 7 year old had fallen asleep on the couch and my wife had coved her up. She was awake and I asked her what she was smiling about. She looked up and said that I am happy because tomorrow we are going to be adopted. I do not know how she knew. We have had so many disappointments that we do not tell them when there will be a hearing.
Vickie and our two two grown daughters who each have five children are headed out in a few days on a road trip in two vans to Disney World.
We were told that it would be impossible to adopt these children.
We have learned to believe in miracles.
All of our adopted children are Alaska Native. They fall under Indian Child Welfare Act and their cases are handled by an agency that represents many of the over 200 remote villages.
We have had many hearings scheduled and canceled when the tribe could not get enough members to participate.
These sisters were 7 months and almost 3 when they came into our home.They had been taken from a party house and were not doing well. To see the changes their lives under the care of my wife Vickie is truly amazing.
The older daughter who is now 7 had been taking care of her sister and had many serious issues that have taken all these years to overcome.
She just graduated from first grade and was on the honor roll and at the top of her class. What a jewel she is!
In our home now we also have our 14 year old adopted daughter and her sister who we adopted out of foster care a year and a half ago when she was four months old and our foster son who just turned 4 and has been with us for a year.
The tribe honored us and thanked us for taking such good care of their children.
Yesterday when I got up at 5:00 AM I saw our 7 year old had fallen asleep on the couch and my wife had coved her up. She was awake and I asked her what she was smiling about. She looked up and said that I am happy because tomorrow we are going to be adopted. I do not know how she knew. We have had so many disappointments that we do not tell them when there will be a hearing.
Vickie and our two two grown daughters who each have five children are headed out in a few days on a road trip in two vans to Disney World.
We were told that it would be impossible to adopt these children.
We have learned to believe in miracles.
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