full-time mom, but susan kept trying to get pregnant and had been suffering through years of failed fertility treatments and miscarriages. finally, adopted a sister for christopher, melissa. she was and always has been a little angel. absolutely. shild probably be upset with me saying this, but she was pretty close to perfect. it would seem to describe the family too. the children had been told they were adopted, and didn t seem to worry them at all. my mom and my dad are my mom and my dad. it wasn t these are my biological and these are my adopted. i had a great cheeildhood. there were advantages when your brother is seven years older. someone made fun of me in school one time. he came, and he gave the kid a