We adopted five special-needs foster kids : the inspiring true story of how an absolutely crazy idea led to one very big, happy family /
Ellsworth, Ann,
We adopted five special-needs foster kids : the inspiring true story of how an absolutely crazy idea led to one very big, happy family / Ann Ellsworth. - x, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Conception -- The adoptive industrial complex -- Are you my mother? -- Jimmy -- Take five -- Rock tumbler -- Nuclear family -- Susie -- A new normal -- Haunted house -- You can't be serious -- Anthony -- Grafting a family tree -- Use your words -- Lawful -- Jason -- Ann Fox -- Silent spring -- Do the math -- White mom -- Ruby -- See ya sucker -- State of the union -- Late night thoughts -- Bio mom -- Opposite house -- Opposite house -- Audrey -- Mortal coil -- Quodlibet -- How many roads.
"In 2008, Ann and Dan made the life-altering decision to start a family. In their mid-forties and inspired by various stories that they had heard, the couple decided to adopt special needs children through foster care. Not wanting to separate siblings, Ann and Dan's family eventually grows to seven, first with the adoption of Jimmy and Ruby, and then Jason, Susie, and Anthony. Poignant and heartfelt, We Adopted Five Special-Needs Foster Kids is for any reader who has ever been part of a family." --
9781510745292 1510745297
2019946645
Ellsworth, Ann.
Adoptive parents--United States--Biography.
Adopted children--United States--Biography.
Special needs adoption--United States--Case studies.
Children with disabilities--United States--Biography.
Parents of children with disabilities--United States--Biography.
We adopted five special-needs foster kids : the inspiring true story of how an absolutely crazy idea led to one very big, happy family / Ann Ellsworth. - x, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Conception -- The adoptive industrial complex -- Are you my mother? -- Jimmy -- Take five -- Rock tumbler -- Nuclear family -- Susie -- A new normal -- Haunted house -- You can't be serious -- Anthony -- Grafting a family tree -- Use your words -- Lawful -- Jason -- Ann Fox -- Silent spring -- Do the math -- White mom -- Ruby -- See ya sucker -- State of the union -- Late night thoughts -- Bio mom -- Opposite house -- Opposite house -- Audrey -- Mortal coil -- Quodlibet -- How many roads.
"In 2008, Ann and Dan made the life-altering decision to start a family. In their mid-forties and inspired by various stories that they had heard, the couple decided to adopt special needs children through foster care. Not wanting to separate siblings, Ann and Dan's family eventually grows to seven, first with the adoption of Jimmy and Ruby, and then Jason, Susie, and Anthony. Poignant and heartfelt, We Adopted Five Special-Needs Foster Kids is for any reader who has ever been part of a family." --
9781510745292 1510745297
2019946645
Ellsworth, Ann.
Adoptive parents--United States--Biography.
Adopted children--United States--Biography.
Special needs adoption--United States--Case studies.
Children with disabilities--United States--Biography.
Parents of children with disabilities--United States--Biography.