I Adopted a Teenage Boy After 10 Families Had Given Up on Him-Two Weeks Later, One Sentence From Him Nearly Made Me Faint

the letters were not supposed to be exchanged until the arrangement was reviewed.

That review never happened.

Eli’s letters had reached Ruby’s adoptive parents, Beth and Andrew, but they stored them unopened. Ruby continued writing letters to Eli from memory, believing they would eventually be sent. Beth and Andrew kept those too.

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