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way she would allow her new grandson to be taken away; and that she
would move to Canada with him so that it could never happen! But
that wouldn’t be necessary. Three months later the judge declared
that he was officially ours. What a day of great rejoicing! He
couldn’t have been any more our son than if we had conceived him
ourselves.

Adoption Day Sept. 8, 197

When we adopted Josh, we were told that the biological
mother had given birth one year prior to another boy and placed that
baby up for adoption, as well. So, Josh had an older brother. They
said that the adoptive parents of that child were going through a
divorce and they didn’t think it would be wise to contact them.
Miraculously, four years later, a customer of mine came into my
travel agency and mentioned that she knew someone who had adopted
a boy a year prior to our adoption of Josh, from the same agency and
that the background information sounded the same as Josh’s. To
make a long story short, as a result of that encounter, we were able
bring the boys together and they have been very close ever since.

Another long story is how we contacted his biological mother
when Josh was 17 years old. It was something he had wanted to do.
Even though she has not wanted any further contact with him, he was
satisfied just to have been able to meet her.