An empty bedroom in Charlene Berkvens's home north of Winnipeg set aside for her son is a painful reminder that they will spend the holidays an ocean apart for the third Christmas in a row, with no sign of when they'll be reunited.
Andrea Eaton, 53, decided to adopt just before her 50th birthday. Two years later, Eaton flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to adopt a 17-month old baby who had been living in an orphanage. What had been a life-long dream to be a mother has turned into an exercise in patience and frustration.
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