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

even crawled under a table to retrieve the last blue one.

“Who is he?” I asked.

“Eli. He recently turned 16.”

“Can I meet him?”

Marisol hesitated.

“He has been through 10 placements. The first 4 were disrupted while he was living with his younger half-sister. The next 6 ended after he withdrew whenever anyone discussed guardianship or adoption.”

“Was he continue reading …