Christy Wertz, 48, of Ohio, is a woman who has been getting a lot of people talking lately. She did what not every woman does and adopted her husband’s ex-wife’s son. The motivation for such a gesture is love and personal experience of Christie’s childhood.
Christy didn’t hesitate to adopt when the time was right.
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Christy Wertz, 48, met Her husband Wesley, 5 years ago. The spouses combined their two families, including Christy’s children Megan and Vance and Wesley’s children Austin and Dakota.
One day, they got a sad news. Wesley’s ex-wife and Austin and Dakota’s mother is dead. The couple immediately made a big decision and welcomed newborn baby Levi into their loving family.
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Now, mom has finalized the legal adoption of Levi in January 2023. Now she is raising him on her own.
She says, “When I heard about Levi, without hesitation, I said we have to take him.”
Christy had a rough childhood, and Levi didn’t like it either.
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Christy expresses, “I was a foster child myself, and for the most part, I didn’t want him to go into foster care, even though I had a great experience. My husband didn’t really talk to the biological mother’s family very often, but he had Levi on a Monday and passed away that Friday.
She adds, “We lived in another state at the time, so we sold our house in Ohio and rented a house in Texas because we had to officially put him up for adoption. So we did—the process took 16 months.”
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she explained, “Even though my experience may have been in foster care overall, I know I love my foster children enough to make sure they stay with their half-siblings. I don’t want Levi to end up in the foster care system.
“I love children and bond very quickly with my adopted children. I also fell in love with my bio children at first sight. It was weird – I was going to walk into a child I had never met and I was worried that circumstances would get in the way of this ‘instant love. But he stole my heart. Him. I also felt this strong need to protect,” says the foster mother.
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