Creating a forever family takes looking inside
Leo Cusimano, right, with his husband Tony Cuevas and their sons, Elijah and JJ Leo Cusimano shares how adopting two young brothers changed everything. LEO CUSIMANOCourtesy of News Is Out | newsisout.com My heart was racing as we walked to the front door of the foster home.
I could hear the roar of children inside. With much anticipation, Tony and I knocked and could feel the rush of excitement in the air.
Inside were two children: JJ, 3, and Elijah, 8. JJ rushed toward Tony and jumped up into his arms. Elijah sat very close to me.
I don’t know if they completely understood that our lives would be changing forever. We would become a forever family. Today, there are lots of ways to build or create a forever family, from public or private adoption, which includes both domestic and international placements, to surrogacy and in vitro fertilization.
