As the adoption was being discussed, his family was afraid he may be placed in foster care, so they uprooted their lives and relocated 1,400 miles from Toledo, Ohio, to San Antonio, Texas.
I fought to keep him out of the system because I knew what it was like to be a foster child. We relocated to Texas after selling our house. Christie said that he was paired with her immediately.
The plan to keep Levi out of foster care had everyone’s support. We were well-established in our community, but the kids had already made friends and settled in, so it was tough for them.
“All we wanted was to know Levi was here.” Wesley, meanwhile, said that he had no reservations about adopting Levi.
Adopting Levi was something I did not hesitate to do. Without hesitation, I was smitten with him. “I loved him just as much as my other children,” Wesley went on to say.
