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We adopted a two year old boy from Guatemala this past September and we have had a wonderful experience. Elijah is such a wonderful boy and we consider ourselves to be so incredibly fortunate we are to have him be our son.
He has been so open to our love and care. He adores his daddy and refused to go to bed tonight without kissing him goodnight. He is picking up english so well and even from day 1 has been able to communicate with us his wants and needs. He adores fruits of all kinds and soccer is definitely in his future.
I am so grateful to his foster family for loving and nurturing him for his first 2 years. He has so obviously been loved and cared for and he has been able to take that love and care and cope so well with the huge upheaval in his life. I credit his amazingly resilient personality as well for the success. My oldest daughter said to me yesterday that she no longer thought of Elijah as adopted but just her brother. Three months after bringing him home we have forgotten life without him.
I realize that not everyone has this experience and one should be prepared for a difficult transition. We were prepared for the worst and got the best.
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