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Whelmed: We Adopted Five High-Risk Foster Kids All at Once (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781510772618)
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xA powerful memoir about the joys and pains of making a family--with a new epilogue!
In 2008, Ann and Dan made the life-altering decision to start a family. In their mid-forties and inspired by various stories that they had heard, the couple decided to adopt special needs children through foster care. Not wanting to separate siblings, Ann and Dan's family eventually grows to seven, first with the adoption of Jimmy and Ruby, and then Jason, Susie, and Anthony.
But, the transition was not without its challenges. The children, aged five to ten years old, had been neglected, abused, and diagnosed with behavioral, cognitive, medical, and psychiatric conditions, none of which could be treated medically. Their first months in their new home were intense, overwhelming, and on occasion, violent. With numerous outbursts and incidents, Ann and Dan's patience and resolve were constantly tested. But slowly, when surrounded with stability, warmth, compassion, and love, the children settled in and became a family.
Author: Ann Ellsworth
ISBN-10: 1510772618
ISBN-13: 9781510772618
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.94d
In 2008, Ann and Dan made the life-altering decision to start a family. In their mid-forties and inspired by various stories that they had heard, the couple decided to adopt special needs children through foster care. Not wanting to separate siblings, Ann and Dan's family eventually grows to seven, first with the adoption of Jimmy and Ruby, and then Jason, Susie, and Anthony.
But, the transition was not without its challenges. The children, aged five to ten years old, had been neglected, abused, and diagnosed with behavioral, cognitive, medical, and psychiatric conditions, none of which could be treated medically. Their first months in their new home were intense, overwhelming, and on occasion, violent. With numerous outbursts and incidents, Ann and Dan's patience and resolve were constantly tested. But slowly, when surrounded with stability, warmth, compassion, and love, the children settled in and became a family.
Author: Ann Ellsworth
ISBN-10: 1510772618
ISBN-13: 9781510772618
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.94d
By Ann Ellsworth
xA native of the Bay Area, Ann Ellsworth is a versatile soloist, collaborative, and recording artist. Her horn playing has been called, "outrageous" and "splendidly projected," by the New York Times, and "meticulously planned and executed . . . as fresh and exalted as Alpine air," by the Huffington Post. Ann Ellsworth attended the Eastman and Juilliard Schools, and currently teaches horn performance at Lawrence University faculty in Appleton, Wisconsin. We Adopted Five Special-Needs Foster Kids is her first book.
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