COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — As the Colorado Department of Human Services recognizes National Adoption Month in November, a single mother in Colorado Springs is sharing a powerful message on the importance of growing your family through adoption.

Vera Garyeazon is a registered nurse who raised her biological children until they were out of the house in 2021. Having come from a family that included nine brothers and sisters spending her childhood in Africa, Garyeazon says caring for others is just natural to her.

"Love is the center of everything that we do," Garyeazon said with her adopted daughter Evelynn, sitting next to her in a wheelchair. "You have to love what you do... from the time I was a little girl... ,I love children and I always wanted to have children around me."

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