Here is an excerpt from a recent story I did on a wonderful family in Chualar. It’s hard to be a bitter, embattled journalist with stories like this out there.
BY CONNER JAY • cjay@thecalifornian.com • January 20, 2010
The baby boy was born deaf and drug-addicted after only 26 weeks in his mother’s womb.
“They all said you don’t want to start with someone with this many problems,” Ida Cook recalls of the advice she was given before adopting her first child. “And I said, ‘Yeah, I do.’ ”
Ida and her husband, Garry Cook, never envisioned parenting a “perfect” family. Looking through binders of photos of children up for adoption, they knew there would be a risk with any decision they made.
“You really don’t know what you’re getting into, whether you have your own child or adopt one,” Garry said. “But sometimes it’s better to go with the need.”
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The Cooks went on to name their first son Chance.
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