The advert on Maltapark about a child being put up for auction shocked me a lot. My wife and I are the proud parents of a 17-year-old adopted child and to adopt is no joke. Adopting from a local source is next to impossible and I am not just referring to the cost, which is exorbitant.

It took us two years to fulfil our aim and I am very sorry to learn that the couple who helped us a lot (an adoptive couple) are no longer around. They did not charge us a single cent!

Imagine attending a wedding and someone asks you whether you have remained without children. When I mentioned the adoption this person answered that we were living a lie because an adopted child would never be ours! And most probably this person had just attended the nuptial Mass!

Yes, there were times when our backs were against a wall, but putting the child up for sale was never an option.

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