I Adopted Four Siblings Who Were Going to Be Split Up – a Year Later, a Stranger Showed Up and Revealed the Truth About Their Biological Parents

I zoomed in on the photo.

The oldest boy had his arm around the girl next to him. The younger boy looked like he’d just been moving when the picture was taken. The little girl clutched a stuffed bear and leaned into her brother.

They didn’t look hopeful.

They looked like they were bracing.

Nobody saying, “We’ll take them.”

I read the comments.

“So heartbreaking.”

“Shared.”

“Praying for them.”

Nobody saying, “We’ll take them.”

I put my phone down.

The plan was to split them up on top of that.

Picked it up again.

I knew what it was like to walk out of a hospital alone.

Those kids had already lost their parents.

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At that moment, the plan was to split them up on top of that.

I barely slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw four kids in some office, holding hands, waiting to hear who was leaving.

“Child Services, this is Karen.”

In the morning, the post was still on my screen. There was a number at the bottom. Before I could talk myself out of it, I hit call.

“Child Services, this is Karen,” a woman said.

“Hi,” I said. “My name is Michael Ross. I saw the post about the four siblings. Are they still… needing a home?”

She paused.

You’re just asking questions.