A Divine Appointment
Memorial Day weekend, Kevin and Joan walked into the facility. One of the sisters ran up to Joan and asked, “Are you going to be my mom?”
Three girls were ages 7, 4, 3 and the twins, also girls, were 18 months old. Kevin and Joan colored with them and went with them to McDonald’s. As they prepared to leave, the social worker said she’d call them on Tuesday after Memorial Day to get their impressions.
In the car, Kevin turned to Joan. “I don’t want to leave them,” he said.
When the social worker called, she screamed when they told her they would take all five girls. No one wanted to see them separated.
“There was a transition period when the girls visited us for days at a time,” Joan recalls. “We moved them into our home on Oct. 4, 2008. We had to have them in our home for six months to make sure everything was going to work before we could file for adoption.
“The twins took to us immediately. Even during our visits before they moved in, they cried when they left us to return to foster care. It took the older girls a little longer to bond with us.
BVOV : 19
