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You have just graduated college and have moved to a big city to pursue your dream career. To support yourself, you work two jobs. At one of those jobs you befriend an older woman who is a widow and single mother to a four-year-old girl. You and the little girl bond, and soon you become a part of her life and she in yours.
What is your name? [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Claire[/name] [name]James[/name]
What college did you graduate from? [name]Boston[/name]
What was your major? anthropology
What city did you move to? [name]Philadelphia[/name]
What career are you pursuing? anthropology
What are your two jobs? museum worker & waitress
What is your friendâs name? [name]Janet[/name]
What is the little girlâs name? [name]Haven[/name] [name]Marie[/name] -
A year later, youâve finally gotten your career started and have settled into a decent apartment, which is close to your friend and her daughter. [name]One[/name] night, youâre babysitting the little girl while her mother goes out with her boyfriend. The mother never returns. Several days go by and child services comes and takes the little girl away, who is screaming and crying. Youâre also devastated and quickly file for custody of her. Because you are not a blood relative and unmarried, the courts deny you custody. However, after six months and no other next of kin is found, and only after an extensive series of evaluations by child services is the little girl turned over to you. After the incident, you decide that she deserves stability. So, you move out of your apartment and buy a condo in the suburbs of another town. You and your foster daughter quickly settle into a new routine.
What happened to the mother? she ran away with her boyfriend
What new town or city did you move to? Gettysburg -
When your foster daughter is six years old, you enroll her in kindergarten at the local elementary school. She is a very cute and outgoing child, but complains of being picked on by older students. [name]One[/name] day, she comes home and talks your ear off about a boy, a grade ahead of her, who stood up for her against a mean student. She continues to talk to you about this student, so much so that you look to get in touch with the boyâs family. You look it up in the phone book and find the boyâs house phoneâs number. A man answers, you introduce yourself, and ask after his son. The man sounds nervous, until you explain why you are calling and that you were wondering if it would be OK to arrange a play date for the two children. He agrees and the four of you meet at a local playground. While the kids are playing, the two of you are talking. The manâwho is only a few years older than you, single, and very attractiveâexplains that the boy is his foster son. The boyâs biological parents had been close friends of his and when they died in a car accident, and the little boyâs great-grandmother couldnât care for him anymore, he took the boy in and adopted him. You tell him your story with your girl. The two of you hit it off quickly and the four of youâyou, him, and the two kidsâstart spending a lot of time together.
What is the little boyâs name? [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Franklin[/name] Wakefield
What is the manâs name? [name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Caleb[/name] Wakefield
What does he do for a living? architect -
A year and a half goes by. You and Mr. Right have officially started dating, much to the delight of the two children. Then, he suggests you and your daughter, whom youâve legally adopted recently, move in with him and the boy, into the house they live in, which your boyfriend inherited from his grandparents. You agree and the two of you clear out of the condo and into your new home.
What does your boyfriendâs house look like? http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/11225785/2/stock-photo-11225785-historic-house.jpg -
Six months go by. Two days before [name]Christmas[/name], your boyfriend takes you and the kids out to dinner to your favorite restaurant. Then he gives you the ultimate surprise: an engagement ring! He slips the ring on your finger (while youâre bawling your eyes out and the kids are cheering) and asks you to marry him. You say yes. A year later, youâre married. On the same day as your wedding, you adopt his son and he adopts your daughter. After the wedding, you spend two weeks with the kids on one vacation and another two weeks on your honeymoon while the kids stay with your new mother-in-law.
What does your engagement ring look like? http://img0.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.245672424.jpg
Where/when does your wedding take place? In a small country chapel, right at the very end of summer
What does your dress look like? http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5322914/il_570xN.197032404.jpg
Where do you go on vacation with the kids? [name]Savannah[/name]
Where do you go for your honeymoon? [name]Paris[/name] -
Two years later, your daughter is nine and your son is ten. [name]Both[/name] you and your husband have had plenty experience with toddlers and children, but never really a baby and youâre both itching for one. You get pregnant on the first try and your two older children are excited. Your son wants a brother and your daughter wants a sister. Nine months later, while the kids are at school, your water breaks and your husband brings you to the hospital. You and your husband wanted to keep the gender a surpriseâbut you had no idea you were carrying twins! A boy and a girl! Your husband picks the kids up from school and surprises them. [name]Both[/name] are happy that they got what they wanted, as well as an extra sibling, and you and your husband have your first biological children.
What is the baby boyâs name? [name]Christopher[/name] [name]James[/name] Wakefield ([name]Kit[/name])
What is the baby girlâs name? [name]Winslow[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] Wakefield ([name]Winnie[/name]) -
Three years later, your son is thirteen, your daughter is twelve, and the twins are three. Four children seem to be enough, but the significant age gap between your older children and younger children bothers you a bit. You and your husband decide to try for another baby. On the third try, you get pregnant. The baby is a boy, born a few weeks early but perfectly healthy.
What is the baby boyâs name?
[name]Charleston[/name] [name]Paige[/name] Wakefield ([name]Charlie[/name]) -
When your new baby is sixteen months old, you and your husband receive an unexpected and devastating phone call: your best friend from college and her husband are killed in a massive car accident. They leave their eleven-year-old daughter, nine-year-old daughter, and seven-year-old son to you and your husband.
What is your friendâs first daughterâs name? [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Louise[/name] ([name]Maddie[/name])
What is your friendâs second daughterâs name? [name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Claire[/name] ([name]Anna[/name])
What is your friendâs sonâs name? [name]William[/name] [name]Fitzroy[/name] ([name]Liam[/name]) -
[name]One[/name] year later, you become pregnant again. Though you and your husband hadnât decided not to have children, you werenât exactly being careful either. After this child, which was somewhat of a difficult pregnancy, you decide no more children. The baby, another boy, is born a month early and has to stay in the hospital for a few extra days, but heâs fine.
What is your new baby boyâs name?
[name]Alexander[/name] Merrick ([name]Lex[/name]) -
Four years go by. Your children are 18, 17, 16, 14, 14, 12, 9, & 7. You are way past child-bearing age and are happy with your 5 sons and 4 daughters. But mother nature seems to have a problem with odd numbers. While spending a special weekend with your husband, you wind up pregnant. [name]Seven[/name] and a half months later, via C-section, you have a small but healthy baby girl.
What is your new baby girlâs name?
[name]Patience[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
The End! Your family is now complete!