Rick Maurer and his wife Ilene both had successful careers with
Fortune 500 companies and loving extended families - but there was
something missing from their lives: they desperately wanted
children. After the trauma of multiple failures with fertility
doctors, Rick and Ilene were forced to accept the knowledge that
they would not be able to have children naturally and decided to
look into adoption. Their desire to start their family without
delay, to have a young baby, and the safeguards not available
domestically - led them to consider an adoption from abroad. As a
publisher traveling throughout South America Rick knew the sad
situations of the many children left abandoned and without loving
families. In this touching story Rick describes their first meeting
with Sam and later Maria, whose families had been unable to care
for them. Unlike many of the thousands of less fortunate babies in
Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, Sam and Maria each had been
placed with a foster family before being approved for adoption and
ultimately placed with a family. It was love at first sight for
Rick and Ilene, but many obstacles remained including language,
culture, as well as uncooperative judges. This saga tells in
touching detail the highs and lows of Rick and Ilene's journey to
parenthood while also weaving in the fascinating early history of
this remote and little known country.
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