A pair from Virginia adopted six blind children from different countries

Joe and Karen Bartling from Virginia became foster parents for six blind children, including a girl who the biological mother immediately threw into the trash after birth.

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The couple always dreamed of a big family, but they only managed to give birth to one child - son Joel. After an unsuccessful artificial insemination procedure, the couple turned to an adoption agency, writes Mail.ru.

There they were offered to adopt 2-year-old Hannah from South Korea, who was born without an eye because of a malformation. As a result, in 1997, the girl moved to Bartling.

“As soon as we saw her photo, we just thought, 'Oh my God.' Then we just flew there and picked her up. After that, it took us about a week to accept the fact that Hannah doesn’t see anything and that can’t be changed,” said the girl’s adoptive parents.

After that a couple adopted five more children Visually impaired - Jesse, David, Lunch, Bethany and Ebi - from around the world. Ebi got into the Karen and Joe family after the police found her in a trash can in one of the parks in India.

Despite domestic difficulties associated not only with the daily routine, but also with the disabilities of children, Karen and Joe consider their family quite normal.

“I have to cook food, do laundry, but all family members help me - all the children make their own beds, each has their own responsibilities around the house. We are a normal family,” said Karen.

Adoptive parents admitted that they and their children attract attention when they go to public places, but they are already used to it. In addition, sometimes kind-hearted strangers even pay their bills at a cafe.

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