After losing her daughter, Ava, to leukemia five years ago and separating from her husband, Joseph, a year later, Eleanor had lost her passion for everything, including her career in fine art photography.
Although she and Joseph had discussed trying to work things out again, all Eleanor really wanted was to be a mother again. Over the past year, she had spent hours on adoption websites.

Her small yelp and exaltation came from discovering one child, Charlotte, who was the vivid image of Ava.
Eleanor clicked to see more of her photos from Grace Adoption Services and reached for her phone after a few more minutes.
“Hello, this is Grace Adoption Services. I’m Samantha. How can I assist you today?” came a warm voice on the other end.

“My name is Eleanor. I’m hoping to adopt, and a little girl on your website has caught my attention,” she said, scratching her head.
Samantha responded gently. “We’ll set up an appointment for you to come in and meet us. It’s always best if we do this in person.”