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A WNC Adoption Story

The Adoption Option Expo takes place Saturday (11/14/15) afternoon from 1-4 at Ira B. Jones Elementary School in Asheville.  The Expo is an opportunity for  those who have never considered or are well on their way to adopting a child or becoming a foster parent.    Trish and Steph Hickling-Beckman were married in Massachusetts.  Upon their return to Western North Carolina they became foster parents to a one year old.    Three years later barriers to legal adoption by same couples disappeared and their foster child Nyzaya became their son.   The family spoke  with David Hurand.