People sometimes find meaning in their lives in the most unexpected places, as in the example of a 23-year-old girl who launched a court battle to adopt a boy from another nation. That desire has finally come true six years later. Emily went to Uganda to do social work in an orphanage when she was looking for meaning in her life, and she found it. She came across a tiny child whose mother had died and who had no one to look after him. Adam is the name of the tiny boy who has won this English woman’s heart.
This girl from Worcestershire, England, never expected to adopt a child. Adoption was never something she considered, but the child stole her heart. “I knew it would be difficult to say goodbye, but I wasn’t considering adopting him; I just didn’t see it as a possibility,” Emily explained. The girl met Adam when he was five days old, but she had to return to England in 2015 after her budget ran out. She worked as a teacher in her home country for two years, saving money to return to Uganda and adopt Adam.
Emily re-meets Adam after finding work as an international teacher in the African country. The girl leases a residence and temporarily resides with the boy at which time she meets Josh, a 33-year-old security guard who later becomes her partner. This girl was determined to adopt Adam, and in 2018, she was granted child custody, but things aren’t that simple.
“There is always something wrong. Things occur. Sometimes records are misplaced, and sometimes a court is overruled.”The adoption process took three years in Uganda, and we were there for four and a half years before returning,” Emily explained. This young lady became popular on social media, causing her to initiate a fundraising campaign to cover the costs of the surgery. Many people were moved by the narrative and decided to work together.
Emily worked for over four and a half years to secure Adam’s visa and passport so that he could return to the UK in November 2020. Due to the epidemic, the case was postponed once more, but Emily is now pursuing another legal struggle from her home nation to allow foreign child adoption on British soil. She had to cope with many obstacles and bureaucratic issues, but the mom finds meaning in her life, according to the boy.
Nothing is more important to her than being a mother next to the baby she gave birth to when she was just a few days old, but she is willing to change her life’s rhythm for this. Emily and Adam are currently in the United Kingdom. The young woman, however, has been separated from her partner, Josh, who has been abandoned in Uganda. Emily, on the other hand, is optimistic that they will one day be able to spend time together as a family. Meanwhile, if you enjoyed Emily and Adam’s story, please share it with your friends and family on Facebook.