We are the Chirino-Mendez family!
We are a family of nine including our granddaughter. We adopted two of our six children back in 2009. Christion is now 20 years old and Patty is 16 years old. The experience has allowed us to not only give them the love, support, protection they deserve and need, but it has also taught us about life.
Christion and Patty came into our lives in the least expected moment, but we were so ready to fight this battle by their side. It is rare but truthfully heartwarming that we got to adopt our niece and nephew in their time of need. Their life experiences when they were so young and fragile made us question ourselves as their new parents. Anxiety set in for so long, with doubt and fear that we would fail as parents for them.