The Witness with Big Ears: How Love Outran a Closed Case

No background checks, no home visits, no judges deciding if I was “supportive” enough of the biological parents. I paid the $85 adoption fee. I signed the liability waiver.

They brought him out on a catch-pole, treating him like a monster.

I knelt down on the concrete floor, ignoring the attendant’s warning. I didn’t reach for him. I just sat there.continue reading …