Anna Belle's Story Part 1

Anna Belle was born on January 21, 2008 and I believe her birth weight was 5lb 6 oz. Her birth mom (BM), Dekotha, had kept the pregnancy a secret in hopes that it would be easier to place her for adoption without family and friends trying to convince her otherwise. She did; however, tell the biological father who choose to leave and not play a part.

Dekotha had Anna Belle and left her in the care of the State of LA to be placed for adoption. As it is law a social worker later met with Dekotha to counsel with her to make sure that adoption was indeed what Dekotha wanted to do. At that time Dekotha and her 4 other children were all living in a FEMA trailer. When the counselor met with Dekotha she advised her that Anna Belle should be placed back with her family. Dekotha agreed and the state returned Anna Belle to her. Dekotha named her "Beauty Adream".

When Anna Belle was about six months old her BM tried again to place her for adoption with a lady that lived in their neighborhood. They tried it for about a month or two and when the social worker came to counsel with Dekotha for that adoption it was Dekotha who said it was just not going to work. She said she saw Anna Belle so much it was too hard to not have her with them. It was especially hard on the other kids. So for a second time Anna Belle returned to her birth family. Dekotha said every time she looked at Anna Belle she felt sorry for her and it just made her sad because she was so little and sick with Eczema. AB never laughed or smiled and Dekotha knew she had to do something to help her. She knew AB needed more care than what she was able to offer. In order for another adoption to work she knew she was going to have to use an agency.

Dekotha saved every penny she could for a few weeks until she had enough money to get a phone. Once she got the phone she pulled out a phone book one Saturday and started down the list of agencies calling every one of them. She continued to get Voicemail and she would not leave a message. She said the one that answers I know will be the one. That is when she called Acorn Adoption Agency and spoke to the most wonderful person in the world, Danita our social worker, who was to conduct our home study on the following Tuesday.

To be continued...