“Please, come in,” Hazel and Quist Austeegard gently spoke, with Hazel’s hand holding Valencia tightly and her eyes focused on Valencia, as if she was afraid that if she blinked, Valencia would disappear from her sight.

Seeing the motherly love she had missed all her life, Valencia’s heart melted, and she felt as if she had been submerged in sweetness, making her feel warm.

It turns out that she had a good family, and the heavens never created her to be stuck with a ...