The younger brother was so infatuated with Shane and often spent time with her after she arrived home from work. He usually asked her about her day at work and then she’d explained to him what she did and when the time was right, she shared that she would take him with her to work and show him firsthand what a cameraman did. He was thrilled.

After a month of catching Max up with his schooling, Yoland was happy to report that she felt that he was ready to attend school. Fortunately, the private school that was situated close to them would take him, as they liked what they saw in him when they interviewed him and his moms. Ozzie was along as they all chatted and so wanted to go to school, too.

The school offered a preschool and the principal shared a list of skills that were needed to qualify for his grade. He promised her that he would work hard so that he could come to school, too. She shared that she looked forward to that day when he would attend with his brother. Bette and Tina beamed at him for his confidence in wanting to go to school.

Max was so excited to be able to finally go to school, being ready to attend school for his first time, so it was arranged for Bette to drop him off on her way to work. Yoland would then pick him up and take him home and watch over him and Ozzie until Bette returned.

As Max was attending school, Yoland worked with Ozzie on completing the list of required skills for preschool that he needed to attend school as well, like knowing his letters and numbers and writing his name to list a few. When the time permitted them to do so, Yoland, often took the boys to the museums and galleries in the area to further their education. They loved the fieldtrips that they went on with her.

So, that everything would be ready and in place to adopt the boys when the time arrived, Tina made arrangements to work towards achieving her foster parent certificate as well. As she moved through her new life with the boys and Bette, she was falling in love with her new little family. It all felt so right within her heart. She and Bette were taking their parenting of the boys very seriously and when the time permitted them to do so, they started to go out on dates as Shane volunteered to babysit the boys for them.

As they casually dated at first, it was a nice and easy process getting to know one another. Their dates were usually going to coffee, lunch or dinner and sometimes included a lighthearted activity such as a movie, bowling or going to galleries. They talked about themselves from childhood on and shared the good times and the difficult moments. They both wanted to be honest with the other.

Living together didn’t hurt the process of getting to know the other either as they communicated all the time as they parented. It was an easy fit for the little family composed of the three adults and the two boys. It honestly felt as if life was supposed to be this way for the adults.

Both boys had been taken in to the pediatrician to have their medicals and given their updated shots for school. Ozzie also had his eyes checked and shortly afterwards, received some cool glasses to wear to see better for reading and writing. He was also taken weekly to the physical and occupational therapist to get work done on his muscles and hands to stretch them out and strengthen them.

In addition to that, he had speech therapy to improve his speech. Ozzie was grateful for the care and concern of his new moms, Yoland and Shane and worked very hard at his many therapies. He wanted them all to be proud of him in spite of his way of being in the world with his disability.