I Adopted Four Siblings Who Were Going to Be Split Up – a Year Later, a Stranger Showed Up and Revealed the Truth About Their Biological Parents
I wasn’t. I was just still breathing.
Then I saw a local news share.
About a year after the accident, I was on that same couch at 2 a.m., scrolling Facebook.
Random posts. Politics. Pets. Vacation pics.
Then I saw a local news share.
“Four siblings need a home.”
It was from a child welfare page. There was a photo of four kids squeezed together on a bench.
“Likely be separated.”
The caption said:
“Four siblings in urgent need of placement. Ages 3, 5, 7, and 9. Both parents deceased. No extended family able to care for all four. If no home is found, they will likely be separated into different adoptive families. We are urgently seeking someone willing to keep them together.”
“Likely be separated.”
That line hit like a punch.
They looked like they were bracing.
I zoomed in on the photo.
The oldest boy had his arm around the girl next to him. The younger boy looked like he’d just been moving when the picture was taken. The little girl clutched a stuffed bear and leaned into her brother.
They didn’t look hopeful.
They looked like they were bracing.
Nobody saying, “We’ll take them.”
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