INDESCRIBABLE. AND FOR ONE
FAMILY IN EAST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THEY'RE ON A
JOURNEY TO SHARE THAT
LOVE. NEWS 10'S LACEY CLIFTON
SHOWS
US THE UNIQUE PATH THEY'RE
TAKING TO GET THERE.
THE PERISHO'S ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A JOURNEY
SPANNING ALMOST FOUR YEARS. "WE
JUST WANT TO GROW
OUR FAMILY AND GET OUR RAINBOW.
WE'RE READY FOR THE
STORM TO PASS. WE'RE READY ...
IT'S ... IT'S ... IT'S TIME."
AFTER MANY EARLY MISCARRIAGES,
TWO STILLBORN
ANGELS ... MILO AND AMELLIA, AND
FAILED IN VITRO FERTILIZATIONS
...
RACHEL AND MICHAEL DECIDED IT
WAS TIME TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION. "WE SEE HER CRIB EVERY
DAY, BUT IT'S THERE
WAITING FULL OF HOPE. IT'S
WAITING FOR THAT BABY TO
COME TO FILL IT. AND AT ONE
POINT IT WAS VERY PAINFUL TO
SEE IT SITTING THERE. BUT AFTER
THAT PAIN PASSED IT
BECAME OUR GOAL. IT'S LIKE,
OKAY, ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE
OUR LITTLE ONE IN THAT CRIB NEXT
TO US."
THE PERISHO'S HAVE OPTED FOR
PRIVATE ADOPTION ... AND
WHILE MONEY'S NOT WHAT THE
HOPEFUL PARENTS ARE
MOST WORRIED ABOUT ... IT IS A
FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION.
"THEY'LL PUT UP A PRICE YOU
KNOW, 35 THOUSAND, BUT AFTER
YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR HOME
STUDY, WHICH WE'RE STILL IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING HOME STUDY
APPROVED, THAT'S FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN YOU HAVE
THE LAWYERS FEES
AND THE AGENCY'S FEES FOR THEIR
APPOINTMENTS
AND THE COUNSELING OF THE
EXPECTANT MOTHER OR THE
BIRTH MOTHER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS." RACHEL SAYS THERE'S
MORE
RISKS WITH PRIVATE ADOPTIONS
LIKE THE POSSIBILITY
OF IT FALLING THROUGH, OR PEOPLE
NOT BEING TRUTHFUL. BUT ... THE
PERISHO'S ARE PUSHING THROUGH
THOSE
RISKS ... AND PUSHING THEIR
STORY TO OTHERS THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA. "I HAVE FRIENDS IN
WASHINGTON STATE, I HAVE
FRIENDS FROM HERE THAT HAVE
MOVED TO YOU KNOW,
CALIFORNIA OR NEW YORK, THINGS
LIKE THAT, AND I
THOUGHT FACEBOOK WOULD BE A GOOD
WAY TO REACH PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
JUST OF MY LITTLE AREA."
A LITTLE DIGGING ON FACEBOOK
REVEALS SOCIAL MEDIA IS A
POPULAR PLACE FOR HOPEFUL
PARENTS TO REACH OUT.
AND RACHEL SAYS OF HER MORE THAN
400 SHARES ...
THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO BITES SO
FAR ... BUT THEY'RE NOT
GIVING UP. "I WOULD SAY THREE
FOURTHS OF THOSE SHARES
ARE PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW. //
IT'S INSPIRING. IT
GIVES US HOPE THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT CARE, EVEN
THOUGH IT ONLY TAKES TWO SECONDS
TO HIT "SHARE." AND A
SIMPLE CLICK OF YOUR MOUSE COULD
GIVE THE PERISHO'S THEIR
RAINBOW. IN PARIS ILLINOIS WITH
PHOTOJOURNALIS
T JOHN TIMM, LACEY CLIFTON, NEWS
10."
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS
CONSIDERING
PLACING A CHILD FOR ADOPTION ...
WE HAVE HOW TO REACH OUT TO
THE PERISHO'S
ON OUR WEBSITE WTHI TV DOT COM.
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