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HelpThanks! We haven't had one of these in ages.
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DH/DW: Tom Alastair, 38, actor
DH/DW: Aisling Margaret, 29, journalist/writer
Existing children: Lennox Jude, 4
Country: London, UK
Languages spoken in the family: English, French, Portuguese
Anything else you want to add:
Adoption information
Number of children: 3
Ages: newborn-7
Preferred sex: either (at least one of each)
Siblings: yes
Multiples: no
Teen mom/dad: no
Pregnant teen: no
Other preferences: from UK/Ireland, Eastern Europe or Middle East, manageable disabilities such as cleft palate or epilepsy
DH/DW: Aisling Margaret, 29, journalist/writer
Existing children: Lennox Jude, 4
Country: London, UK
Languages spoken in the family: English, French, Portuguese
Anything else you want to add:
Adoption information
Number of children: 3
Ages: newborn-7
Preferred sex: either (at least one of each)
Siblings: yes
Multiples: no
Teen mom/dad: no
Pregnant teen: no
Other preferences: from UK/Ireland, Eastern Europe or Middle East, manageable disabilities such as cleft palate or epilepsy
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You're welcoming home Leonas (6), Valdas (4) and Milda (3). They are three siblings from Daunoriske, a little village in Lithuania, near the Latvian border. They were the children of a sheep farmer, Karolis, and his wife, Audra, who worked as a tailor.
The family had always been very poor and life had been hard. Before Leonas, the couple had had two children Elze and Aras. But Elze had drowned when she was two and Aras had gotten sick and died of fever when he was six months old. Karolis had been very pleased he had sons, so that he could show them how to be a sheep farmer and they could take over the caring for the flock one day. As soon as they could walk, Leonas and Valdas were made to go with their father and look after the sheep. Milda was being groomed to be a housewife and was given some minor tasks around the house, despite her age.
One very cold winter day, their father left the house, because he had heard wolves and he wanted to chase them off or kill them. He took his hunting rifle with him. About ten minutes later, Audra and the children heard screaming and shots from the rifle. Audra was convinced something was very wrong, took the other rifle and went looking for her husband. She was not even outside the door for more than ten seconds, when a wolf appeared at her side and attacked her. She managed to shoot once, but missed the wolf. The wolf didn't miss her and bit her throat. The children watched the whole thing from behind windows covered in frozen flowers. After their mother had been killed, they saw another wolf dragging their father's body. The wolves killed all the sheep in the days to come, while the children cowered inside.
The family had always been very poor and life had been hard. Before Leonas, the couple had had two children Elze and Aras. But Elze had drowned when she was two and Aras had gotten sick and died of fever when he was six months old. Karolis had been very pleased he had sons, so that he could show them how to be a sheep farmer and they could take over the caring for the flock one day. As soon as they could walk, Leonas and Valdas were made to go with their father and look after the sheep. Milda was being groomed to be a housewife and was given some minor tasks around the house, despite her age.
One very cold winter day, their father left the house, because he had heard wolves and he wanted to chase them off or kill them. He took his hunting rifle with him. About ten minutes later, Audra and the children heard screaming and shots from the rifle. Audra was convinced something was very wrong, took the other rifle and went looking for her husband. She was not even outside the door for more than ten seconds, when a wolf appeared at her side and attacked her. She managed to shoot once, but missed the wolf. The wolf didn't miss her and bit her throat. The children watched the whole thing from behind windows covered in frozen flowers. After their mother had been killed, they saw another wolf dragging their father's body. The wolves killed all the sheep in the days to come, while the children cowered inside.
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