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Just a month into their marriage, Claire DeLay and her husband, Eric, hosted a pumpkin-painting night in their driveway for neighbors

Among the crowd was a 2½-year-old boy who had come with his foster parents

Not long after, the boy's foster parents asked if Claire and Eric could watch him on weekends

Claire DeLay and her husband, Eric, married in September 2021 and moved into their first home just two weeks later. Eric, a firefighter, worked shifts every third day, while Claire ran her own concrete coatings business with a flexible schedule. Though they didn’t yet have children, both shared a deep desire to foster and adopt one day.

That dream came true much sooner than expected. Just a month into their marriage, the couple hosted a pumpkin-painting night in their drivew

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