- I'm sorry. Can someone else go? - It's okay. It's okay. Well, I'm Kit and this is Michael. We've also been trying to conceive now. Pretty much since the first night we met, right? That is correct. We're just not having any luck. We're looking for a child of any gender or ethnicity up to nine years old.
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- Is Lizzy okay? - She's a little upset right now, buddy. - Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm good. Here she is.
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It was Juan, Lita, and Lizzy." You see? You were what was missing, Lizzy. But now you're here and you are stuck with us. - That's right. - We're gonna be at every soccer game. We're gonna be all over your ass about your grades. We're gonna buy you your first prom dress. It's gonna be really pretty. But not too revealing. Super sweet. You know, not too sexy. Just like... really, that gorgeous sweet spot. Yeah. And when you graduate high school, we're gonna be in the front row embarrassing you. We're gonna be in the front row again when you graduate college, or even if you don't. You will be graduating college, 'cause it's so important and you're so smart. I don't mean to push, but it just opens up so many more opportunities. But either way, we're gonna be there for you. And someday I'm gonna give you away at your wedding. Even if I think the guy's a pissant and he's not good enough for my little girl. That's right. Someday in the future. Someday in the way, way, way off, deep, deep, deep distant future.
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Hi. So, when I was eight years old, my mom and her boyfriend decided it would be a good idea to build a meth lab in our garage. They made me deliver drugs for them. They abused me physically, and some of their customers abused me sexually. Uh, when I was 11, our garage exploded, and I was put in the system, bounced around from placement to placement. Pretty soon I was 14. Nobody wants a teenager, so I'd be aging out in a few years. The thing is, over half the kids who age out of foster care end up homeless, addicted, incarcerated, or dead within two years.
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But no matter how hard I pushed them away, they were always there with a sack lunch and a ride.
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It's not fair. That is not...
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That was gonna be me, trying to start my adult life, but with no family to help me pick a college, nobody to come home to on the holidays or cry to when my first boyfriend dumped me for Missy Howard.
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Mama.
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Lizzy, can we go home now?
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So... um, here's what I think is best. I know Juan and Lita are more like what you had in mind when you got into this. Come on, baby. So I think the best thing is for you to adopt them. And... And I'll just ask Karen for, um, a different placement. - So... - No. - No, it'll be good. - No, honey. We need your help with Juan and Lita. We're not doing this without you. I'll visit all the time and you can call me if you need help for anything. - No. - Pete, I really don't want to argue about this right now. I don't care. I said no. That's not happening, okay? - You're with us now. - Yeah. And you know why? We've got a cosmic connection. That's right, we've got a cosmic connection. I know you feel sorry for me right now, but you really don't have to... It's got nothing to do with what just happened. Where's the court statement Ellie gave you?
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Sweetie, we're so sorry.
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- Bye. - Bye!
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Okay. Now, Miss Viara, I see that you've been keeping up with your visits. That's good. I also understand that you've been sober for the last five months. Is that still the case? - Yes. - That's very good news. And if I were to put the kids in your care, your current residence could accommodate them?
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- Okay, I love you. - I love you.
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Oh, God.
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Everybody get ready for dinner.
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I'm just gonna go check on Lita. I mean, unless you want to. Yeah, I would, actually. Thanks.
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But then those two... very special people came along. And I didn't make it easy on them.