{"id":199237,"date":"2019-03-31T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T19:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=199237"},"modified":"2019-03-28T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T00:13:04","slug":"surprise-firefighters-join-bring-couples-adopted-baby-boy-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surprise-firefighters-join-bring-couples-adopted-baby-boy-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! Firefighters join in to bring couple’s adopted baby boy home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty-nine-year-old Army vets Michael and Karen Faherty had been in the process of adopting for over a year. While expecting a final home inspection one day last month, they were overcome with joy when the adoption agency, as well as members of Michael\u2019s firefighter unit, knocked on their door with the baby boy they had been approved to adopt.<\/p>\n

Karen had her suspicions when they got a letter from the agency informing them of the apparent last-minute home inspection due to a change in the law, even though no law had changed. \u201cI think we\u2019re getting a baby,\u201d she told Michael.<\/p>\n

The couple had struggled with infertility for years, and after putting down roots in Maryland at the end of their service commitments, they decided to begin the adoption process. Adoption can be an emotionally arduous endeavor. \u201cKnowing adoption would be a part of our story, we knew it would be a twisty path to actually start that family,\u201d Michael Faherty told the Capital Gazette<\/a>. \u201cWhat I don\u2019t think either of us expected is the highs and the lows this journey would take us on.\u201d<\/p>\n