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The Healing Adoption
By Melissa Albertson
then a couple of dead ends on domestic adoption, I learned to take a very realistic view of how the best laid plans come to a grinding halt. When we decided to adopt a little boy from Russia to complete our family, I was very worried and on some level told myself to be careful - nothing was for sure.
It was impossible to stay detached as we gathered our documents and worked our way through the wait. Similar to the time before the birth of my biological daughter, I dreamed of who my adopted son would be.
We first met him in April 2005 and I instantly knew he was the one G...