Dear Wyatt Samuel, You probably don't know this but in two days your mom and dad will leave your 3 sisters behind in California and make a 12 hour flight to meet you in Russia. That's them: I have to be honest with you little guy, when your mom first started talking about you I thought she was C R A Z Y! I thought it was a phase she was going through. I mean, seriously, she is just coming out of the hard years with Hannah (your sister who also has spina bifida), she has 3 girls, and to be honest, things in their lives have been a bit rocky the past year or so. Why in heaven's name would she really want to adopt another child with spina bifida? One child with significant special needs is already so hard. I clicked over to your picture on Reese's Rainbow and I saw what she saw. I imagined you not having access to the medical care that has made Carter's (my son who was born with spina bifida) life as full and wonderful as it. My heart broke for you knowing that your future would likely be spent in an institution because you had a physical disability. But I still thought your mom was C R A Z Y and, honestly, I doubted she could ever pull it off. Boy was I wrong! Your ...

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