I\u2019m Olivia, 29, and I\u2019ve been married to my husband, Travis (30), for a few years now. We don\u2019t have kids yet, but we\u2019ve always known we wanted to adopt. It was always a part of our plan. And when my sister-in-law, Alisha, found out she was pregnant, we didn\u2019t hesitate to offer our support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She just gave birth, and as we were talking about the future, Alisha made it clear she wants us to adopt the baby. I was overwhelmed with emotion; we were excited, nervous, but above all, we wanted to help. The thing is, she asked us to make a promise that took me completely off guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alisha told me the real reason she\u2019s giving up the baby isn\u2019t because the father disappeared, but because she\u2019s terminally ill. She doesn\u2019t expect to live more than a year or two longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then she said something that has been haunting me: she insists that we never tell the baby the truth about her illness or the family history. She said she doesn\u2019t want the child to see her as a \u201cvictim.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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