Updated: 11/16/09 7:43 AM
Jody Hansen-Walker, a single mother, has adopted 10 children over 20 years through the foster care system. While the process at times may have been bureaucratic, it was never expensive.
Updated: 11/16/09 7:43 AM
Jody Hansen-Walker’s two stepdaughters were going to be placed in foster care. Their mother had abandoned them and their father—her ex-husband— was abusive. So Hansen- Walker had to act quickly. “I went through the legal process and made them my own,” she said. Jamie was then 5, and Tammy was 6. “[My] marriage was short-lived, and the children would have been placed into foster care ... if I had not adopted them.”
Updated: 11/16/09 7:07 AM
After 30 years in the recruiting industry, Dave Flanders believes he knows the one surefire way to land a job: Give your resume to 100 friends, acquaintances and relatives; tell them you are looking for work; and ask them to keep you in mind.
