Alyssa's forever family

Janis and Lyle yearned for a child. They had so much love to offer and longed to be a family. Their growing desire to become parents led them to CHS.

Like many prospective parents, Janis and Lyle dreamed of adopting a newborn. They were overjoyed after meeting a birth mother that had decided to place her child for adoption. As occasionally happens, the birth mother had a change of heart.

Janis and Lyle were coached through this disappointment by their adoption worker, who prepared them for challenges and delays that sometimes arise during the adoption process. Nearly two years of waiting caused Lyle and Janis to wonder if they ever would have a child to call their own. But they continued to hope and soon learned of a birth mother who had decided to place her daughter with a loving family. They met the young mom and felt an instant bond.

"When we heard the baby's heart beat for the first time, we were overwhelmed with happiness," Janis says tearfully. "We were unable to have a child of our own and realized that it did not matter. When knew our daughter would be born from our hearts."

Janis and Lyle spent their first night as Alyssa's parents in the hospital birthing center. "We realized we were a family at the hospital. She is our daughter and we are her parents. She is truly a joy," Janis said.

Lyle describes adoption as "a process filled with uncertainties and questions. But I can't imagine life without daddy's little girl."

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