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\u201c"\u201c<\/span>M<\/span>plis pase twa zan anvan<\/span> Siyon<\/span> C<\/span>Krist\u00f2f<\/span> te f\u00e8t, mwen te f\u00e8 yon r\u00e8v ki t ap repete ke yon moun t ap konfye nou ti gason yo a," <\/span>S<\/span>alonda<\/span>, yon<\/span>yon paran adoptif av\u00e8k<\/span> Koukouy<\/span> te di<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span>alonda<\/span> ak J<\/span>yon<\/span>mwa<\/span> yo marye depi 25 an epi <\/span>te elve 6 timoun<\/span> ansanm<\/span>.<\/span> Kat nan<\/span>ose<\/span> timoun yo <\/span>ke yo te<\/span> byolojik, ak de pi piti yo <\/span>rantre<\/span> fanmi an atrav\u00e8 swen familyal.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Swen fanmi <\/span><\/b>enplike mete yon timoun ak yon fanmi\u2014tankou yon granparan, matant, tonton, oswa yon l\u00f2t manm fanmi\u2014l\u00e8 paran byolojik timoun nan pa kapab ba li swen apwopriye.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pandan y ap selebre yo a <\/span>etap enp\u00f2tan<\/span> aniv\u00e8s\u00e8 ane sa a, koup la reflechi sou senk d\u00e8nye ane yo ak chemen yo te f\u00e8 pou adopte pitit yo ofisy\u00e8lman,<\/span> Siyon<\/span> Krist\u00f2f<\/span> ak Desi<\/span>rae.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

L\u00e8 yo <\/span>premye <\/span>yo te resevwa yon ap\u00e8l nan men Depatman S\u00e8vis pou Timoun (DCS), yo <\/span>byen vit <\/span>dak\u00f2 pou asire <\/span>fr\u00e8 ak s\u00e8 yo <\/span>w<\/span>ta rete ansanm. Pou <\/span>S<\/span>alonda<\/span>, li te santi tankou yon pa nan direksyon pou reyalize r\u00e8v li te f\u00e8 pi bon\u00e8 yo, malgre li te konprann div\u00e8s defi ki te devan l yo<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

"Navige swen fanmi, adopsyon, ak swen nan fanmi ak\u00e8y se s\u00e8t\u00e8nman pa pou moun ki gen k\u00e8 f\u00e8b."<\/span>,<\/span>\u201c"\u201c<\/span> li te di.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shalonda ap pataje yon moman ak pitit fi li, Desirae (agoch).<\/span><\/p>\n

Malgre difikilte sa yo, fanmi an rekon\u00e8t ke pitit yo te ka gen yon avni ki pi diferan e ki pi ens\u00e8ten. <\/span>san ent\u00e8vansyon ekst\u00e8n<\/span> k\u00f2m ma<\/span><\/span>manm fanmi ny yo te <\/span>souvan<\/span> te enplike nan sist\u00e8m prizon an epi li te lite ak abi sibstans.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yo te santi enp\u00f2tans pou yo kraze sik sa a nan fanmi yo.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pwosesis la te mande ef\u00f2 ak p\u00e8severans konstan, men Shalonda ak James te note ke pi gran pitit yo te montre matirite ak yon sans responsablite, yo te ofri sip\u00f2 ak ankourajman pandan tout vwayaj la.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

"Ou konnen, l\u00e8 nou t ap panse pou nou abandone timoun yo, pi gran timoun nou yo te vr\u00e8man f\u00e8 yon pa, paske yo te vin atache ak yo tou," li te di.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitit byolojik yo, ki deja devlope lyen solid ak fr\u00e8 ak s\u00e8 yo epi ki byen adapte ak nouvo dinamik familyal la.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cRezilyans fanmi nou an soti nan kenbe t\u00e8t ansanm\u2014lafwa, sip\u00f2 kominote a, ak yon ekip devwe te f\u00e8 plasman familyal sa a posib,\u201d Shalonda te mete aksan sou.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nan tan lib yo, fanmi sa a renmen pase tan ap detann, ap gade fim epi diskite sou yo ansanm. Ti moman senp sa yo ede tout moun santi yo pi pw\u00f2ch. Yo vizite mize timoun yo epi yo ale jwe bowling, yo pase tan ak fanmi yo epi yo ale legliz ansanm, pandan y ap savoure tout bon moman yo ka jwenn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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