I'm going to be an auntie again! I'm so excited to hug the two little boys I already call my nephews and KNOW that no one can ever take them away from our family. I just wish the adoption process didn't take so long!
Justin and Seth have had a rough go for ones so young. There is a deep anxiety inside them as they worry about things that other kids never even dream about--like having enough food, whether or not anyone will be home when they wake up, or if they'll have to go live with strangers at a moment's notice. It breaks your heart to know they don't feel safe--how I long to fix that!
We plan and pray for the day Justin and Seth will officially be Griffins, but there are expensive hurdles to overcome before their double adoption can be finalized. For that, we need your help!
First, my brother and his wife can't even start the official home study process until they can add two rooms to the house. Luckily, there is a large attached garage that can become bedrooms, but the concrete is bad and the cost for that part of remodeling alone is over ten grand.
Secondly, there is the cost of the legal processes. Adoption is unfortunately very expensive, and two at once even more so. We are not going to let anyone split up these boys, however! It's both or nothing--and nothing is NOT an option!
Justin and Seth have had a rough go for ones so young. There is a deep anxiety inside them as they worry about things that other kids never even dream about--like having enough food, whether or not anyone will be home when they wake up, or if they'll have to go live with strangers at a moment's notice. It breaks your heart to know they don't feel safe--how I long to fix that!
We plan and pray for the day Justin and Seth will officially be Griffins, but there are expensive hurdles to overcome before their double adoption can be finalized. For that, we need your help!
First, my brother and his wife can't even start the official home study process until they can add two rooms to the house. Luckily, there is a large attached garage that can become bedrooms, but the concrete is bad and the cost for that part of remodeling alone is over ten grand.
Secondly, there is the cost of the legal processes. Adoption is unfortunately very expensive, and two at once even more so. We are not going to let anyone split up these boys, however! It's both or nothing--and nothing is NOT an option!
Because JP and Tancy (who have the biggest hearts of anyone I know) have already fostered and adopted a set of three siblings in addition to their four natural-born children, they have no remaining savings and no extra funds available for this pair of precious boys who were handed to them over a year ago after their mother-figure unexpectedly passed away in the night. I am so proud of them for not giving up just because things are hard!
I want to help the whole family keep these two siblings, and I hope you feel the same way. We are attempting to raise $25,000 to cover both the necessary bedroom additions and the adoption fees so that my brother and his family have the space they need and the legal costs covered to bring these boys home forever.
Will you consider giving to Justin and Seth's adoption fund? We so long for them to be in a settled, loving home where their special needs are treated consistently. As you may know, my own little family has a heart for special kids. I can't imagine the regular upheavals in their little lives and how it has affected them emotionally as well as physically. My brother and his wife are WARRIORS for these children.
I pray that the day when I am officially their "auntie" comes very, very soon.
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Thank you so much for your time. Please take a moment to share, whether or not you can donate. Every tiny bit helps--every click, too. You have my deepest gratitude for any part you can play in bringing my new nephews HOME.
With hope in our hearts,
Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek (proud auntie!)
on behalf of the
Griffin, Zwolanek, Guiterrez and Pestor families
(grandparents, uncles and aunties and a whole raft-load of cousins!)
Thank you so much for your time. Please take a moment to share, whether or not you can donate. Every tiny bit helps--every click, too. You have my deepest gratitude for any part you can play in bringing my new nephews HOME.
With hope in our hearts,
Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek (proud auntie!)
on behalf of the
Griffin, Zwolanek, Guiterrez and Pestor families
(grandparents, uncles and aunties and a whole raft-load of cousins!)
