A Single Father Battled to Adopt Five Siblings Under Seven Before They Could Be Split Apart – The Judge Became Emotional After Hearing His Reason

smile I had ever received.

It felt worse than being shouted at.

“Carter?”

I raised my head.

A woman in her late 50s stood above me with a stack of forms tucked under one arm.

“I’m Margaret, one of the clerks here,” she said gently. “You have the 10 o’clock case?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Are you holding up all right?”

“I haven’t slept in three weeks,” I admitted. “So,continue reading …