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The WaitBy digging into her own medical history and struggle to have a child, reporter Yvonne Wenger opens up the complicated world of foster care and takes readers on the journey of how she became a mother. Author: The Baltimore Sun
Reporter Yvonne Wengers series, The Wait, began with 73 pages of journal entries that documented her days as a new foster mother - and her attempts to make sense of the moral dilemmas she navigated over two years of learning to love, and to let go. By digging into her own medical history and struggle to have a child, Wenger opens up the complicated world of foster care and takes listeners on the journey of how she became a mother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Epilogue
Episode 5
Tuesday, 18 December, 2018
We visit with Yvonne and her husband Artie in their Baltimore row home right before Christmas, the first they're officially parents. Walking and on the cusp of talking, Adeline, the foster baby they adopted in the spring, is now over a year old. Godparents, too, to their former foster sons, who remain in their lives, Yvonne and Artie reflect on the unexpected way they realized their dream, a decade in the making.Yvonne's story is also told in words, pictures and video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
