{"id":1724,"date":"2023-12-13T23:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2023-12-13T23:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:38:45","slug":"a-single-mother-welcomes-an-abandoned-newborn-baby-unaware-that-she-is-her-sons-biological-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=1724","title":{"rendered":"A single mother welcomes an abandoned newborn baby, unaware that she is her son\u2019s biological sister."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a woman\u2019s marriage suddenly ended, she was in her early thirties and had no idea what she wanted with her life.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Page moved to a new home in Colorado and changed careers, but she was still unhappy \u2014 until she received an email from her sponsor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1744-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1744-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1744-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1744.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inquire about Katie\u2019s interest in childcare. Katie previously suffered from infertility and was researching adoption, so she decided to learn more about adoption.<\/p>\n<p>She started attending adoption sessions and soon realized that this was the right path for her. After that, she took care of four more children before deciding to adopt them.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered the story of a 4 day old with no name who was dropped off at a nearby hospital in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Katie fell in love with this little boy whom she named and greeted Grayson. Baby Grayson stayed with her for about a year and Katie named him Grayson.<\/p>\n<p>She adopted Katie Grayson when he was 11 months old after the court ended the parental birthright.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-lsilhi-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-lsilhi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-lsilhi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-lsilhi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-lsilhi.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Katie hadn\u2019t even been a full mom for two weeks when an employee called to tell her about a newborn girl who had been admitted to the same hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Katie was shocked and confused at the prospect of having another baby, but her instincts told her to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I\u2019m crazy, but God says yes,\u201d Katie recalled, \u201cand for the next ten minutes and subsequent phone calls that afternoon, I was like, \u2018I know I\u2019m crazy, but God tells me yes. to say, \u201ckeeps coming out of my mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baby Hana was only a few hours old when she arrived at Katie\u2019s house, but when Katie took one look at Hannah\u2019s hospital bracelet, she made a surprising discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The new mom noticed that Hannah\u2019s mother\u2019s name was the same as Grayson\u2019s on her bracelet, so she checked Hannah\u2019s adoption papers and found that the mother\u2019s date of birth was also the same, but her two children appeared to be completely different.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-7r727f-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-7r727f-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-7r727f-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-7r727f-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-7r727f.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrayson is half African American,\u201d Katie said on her blog, \u201cwith lovely darker skin and dark curly hair.\u201d \u201cBaby Girl\u2019s skin tone is pale white, and her hair is straight red-blonde.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katie searched found the biological mother of her children and arranged for a DNA test, which revealed Grayson and Hannah were half-siblings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if Baby Girl had been adopted by a different family?\u201d Katie posed the question in her blog article. \u201cWe would never have found her or Grayson\u2019s mother if it hadn\u2019t been for her.\u201d The link would never have been discovered! \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe my eyes when I saw what had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah was legally adopted by Katie in December of 2018.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1724-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702510243162.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702510243162.mp4\">https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702510243162.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI had the oddest feeling ever the day I said \u2018Yes\u2019 to taking the Baby Girl. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d ever felt an unequivocal call from God until that moment (or whatever higher spirit you personally might believe in).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy intellect was telling me to say \u2018no,\u2019 because it didn\u2019t make sense and wasn\u2019t in my plans, but something within kept compelling me to say \u2018yes.\u2019 It\u2019s a miracle, a once-in-a-lifetime chance, whatever you want to call it, but my children have found each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katie has continued on her single-mother path of fostering and adoption, and she is a true inspiration, defining herself as a \u201cperfectionist making the best of my very imperfect existence\u201d on her Instagram profile, which has over 90,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11655-f5cs5c.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mother has even found love and adopted another child, Jackson, their younger brother. She is now fostering an adolescent and documenting the struggles and joys on her social media and YouTube channels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-i3bosh-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-i3bosh-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-i3bosh-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-i3bosh-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231213-11981-i3bosh.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><br \/>\nWhat an incredible lady and mother she is, and what a wonderful lesson to follow our hearts more; for Katie, it has meant finding true happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Please share if you enjoyed Katie\u2019s journey as much as I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a woman\u2019s marriage suddenly ended, she was in her early thirties and had no idea what she wanted with her life. 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