My capstone takes an in depth look into the lives of the ten Boyd children and the parents who raise them. Warren and Stephanie Boyd were in their late twenties when they found out that they could not have children. Instead of giving up on their dreams of raising kids, they looked into adoption. Not only did they choose this path, they chose to adopt internationally. And not only did they choose to adopt one child, they chose to adopt ten. And not only did they adopt ten, they adopted ten children whom each have a long list of physical and/or mental disabilities.
However, through getting to know them, I realized that no one should feel sorry for the parents nor the children. The Boyd household is bursting with energy, love, and a whole bunch of great food! I was fortunate enough to spend four days at the beginning of July with them and five days at the month's end. I was able to capture everything from what went in to preparing meals for the crew, how the older kids helped immensely in caring for their younger siblings, and what it means to truly love an entire group of children unconditionally.
As I stated earlier in this post, there are ten internationally adopted children. There are six children adopted from Russia, three from Bulgaria, and one from Serbia. The orphanages in their home countries are absolutely atrocious and, quite frankly, inhumane. One of the children from Bulgaria had never even been outside of the orphanage gates during her six years of life. They are prisoners and suffer cruel punishment in which they do not deserve. I will elaborate more on that in future posts.
To conclude this post, I left a huge piece of my heart with the Boyd family this summer. Their story is one that I cannot wait to share with whomever will listen.
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