HOW IT CAME TO BE

On Wednesday September 9th we talked to a couple from out of State about their daughter. Asley is 10 years old and was adopted 3 years ago from Russia. Asley has ADHD and FAS. They knew in their hearts they they could no longer have her in their home and were looking to disrupt this adoption. Ashley was with a couple other families and this did not work out. We talked about her problems and what kind of home she needed. On Thursday they faxed us papers for her to join us and gave us the time that she would be arriving at the Albany airport. Ashley and her adopted mom came down the walkway. This was a very emotion time for us as we were looking for our child forever. We all went out to dinner at which time Ashley was told she would be going home with us. She was upset and confused. M heart was breaking and I wanted to just cuddle her but did not want to overwhelm her at that time. After dinner we went back to the motel to say are good byes to "mom". When it was time to go Ashley got in the vehicle with us and was a little chatter box. She is a very beautiful little girl and we felt so blessed as we did not just gain a daughter but we also gained new friends with Diane and Dave. We did not go right home as we went shopping. Ashley is all girl and loves to shop. We got home about 11 pm and it was like she had been with us forever.