If taking in girl, 17, a trial, verdict is joy
Posted: September 14, 2011 at 2:44 a.m.
Four years ago I took in an unofficial foster child; a classmate of my daughter’s who came to live with us shortly before her 17th birthday. As I write this, we’ve just celebrated her 21st birthday. The next day she is headed back to college, where she has a straight A average, a career plan and a happy life.
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Family, Pages 31 on 09/14/2011
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