It is the job of an adoptive parent to make their new son or daughter feel like a part of the family, as well as a part of the community at large. For some, though, these can be difficult tasks, especially when the child originally comes from a different country. So, perhaps with that in mind, when two families from a small town in Missouri adopted daughters from two different cities in China, they set their new children up on a friend date.
Specifically, they hoped that this would help both girls acclimate to their new American homes. But while the girls played, one of their moms couldn’t help but wonder why they had become so close so quickly. She hoped that a DNA test of her and her friend’s adopted daughters would answer that question. However, the results of that test would come as a real shock to everyone involved. That mom, moreover, was Stacy Manage, who knew in her heart that she would be a mother to children from an ocean away. Read the full story here ▶
