He’s brave because he’s overcome a lot of obstacles in his life,” she says. “What I liked about Keith was that he had a lot of courage, and he told me about his life. When they spoke with Angelica, their honesty and enthusiasm for adoption touched her. They were pursuing adoption because of the health risks of having another biological child. It wasn’t up to them they were just going to be there for me no matter what decision I made.”Įventually, Angelica found herself on a conference call with Keith and Jenn, a prospective adoptive family that had encountered some troubles of their own - but had always remained positive.īecause of an accident, Keith used a wheelchair, and he and Jenn already had an 8-year-old son with severe disabilities. “They want whatever you want, and that’s what they told me during the whole process. “You could tell they weren’t just putting on a front to make you want to do it or push you into it,” she says. At no point did she feel rushed into her decision. While she still had reservations about adoption, Angelica says she appreciated the honesty she was given by her adoption specialist and social workers. “She told me that whenever I find the right couple, I’ll just know they’re the right ones.” Unsure of whom to choose, she turned to Rachel for help.

“Eventually, she had sent me every single one of the waiting couples on the whole list.” “I wanted to keep my options open, so I asked her to email me some more (family profiles),” Angelica says. On top of that, despite the gentle advice from her adoption specialist Rachel, she was having trouble finding the perfect family. It was a battle between her head and her heart parenting was what her motherly instinct wanted her to do, but she knew what the more responsible choice was.

Discovering that she was pregnant with one after she had started making her adoption plan made her question her decision. Finding the Perfect FamilyĪngelica had always wanted a little girl. Angelica’s faith would play a large role in the journey she took to adoption - a journey that would end more perfectly than she could have ever imagined.

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