Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Happy Day!



Last week, my son Jake and his wonderful wife Heather, went to court. It was a very special day. The parental rights of Grace's biological mother were terminated. Grace is now 5 and such a special girl. Bio-mom didn't oppose the termination, rather a sad case, she certainly didn't want/need children. Yet, as I've said before, we received a gift from God when Heather and Jake met. She and Grace absolutely adore eachother and they're an adorable family.

On November 5, 2008 - in 3 weeks, Heather will formally adopt Gracie. Grace is so fortunate, she's had Heather for 3 years, now it will be legal. We're so incredibly lucky !
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6 comments:

  1. DeeOctober 14, 2008 at 4:11 PM

    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    PARTY TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sweet pictures of the girls. Heather is such a perfect Mother to Grace and wife to Jake. I love seeing them together. The love just SHINES !

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  2. kateOctober 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    HOOOORRRRAAAAYYYY!!!! That is such fantastic news; it took way too long. Heather and Grace and Jake BELONG together. I'm so, so happy for you all.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 14, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    Yay! That is so cool. I'm confused though, won't Jake AND Heather be doing the adopting, or just Heather?

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  4. HOctober 14, 2008 at 6:18 PM

    Dear CopsWife,

    Grace is Jake's biological daughter and my step-daughter (although I hate that term, it just rubs me the wrong way -- so many negative connotations associated with "step" kids). Grace's birth mom kind of jumped ship when Grace was 8 mos. old and has not been back on a regular basis ever since. As such, Grace was searching for a mommy for a really long time and I'm so glad that I can finally LEGALLY be her mom. :) It won't change anything for Jake but it will make a world of difference for me and Grace.

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  5. tallulahOctober 15, 2008 at 12:33 PM

    We have adopted 4 out of our 5 children. People always say how lucky our kids are to have us, but I always think how luck I AM to have had the chance to call these special people my kids!

    Congratulations to your family!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    blank girl, ahhhhh, now it's clear. Now that's what I get for jumping in on the middle of a story. So happy for you guys. That's wonderful.

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