Five Young Siblings Were About to Be Separated Until One Single Dad Asked to Adopt Them All

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I want to be clear about what happened next.

There was no heroic moment where I instantly knew exactly what to do.

For about six hours, I moved back and forth between the feeling that I had to help and the equally strong feeling that I had lost my mind.

Then I did what I always do when something feels impossible.

I did the math.

Literally.

I wrote down my income.

Mortgage.

Utilities.

Food.

Insurance.

Then I estimated the cost of five children.

The numbers didn’t work.

Not without