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St. Paul effort meets adoption's challenges
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"The first year, I think went home almost every night almost crying, thinking I was the worst parent on the planet because I saw other parents who had been doing it longer," recalls Jackie Sticha. "And I was like, 'Oh, my God, I'm going to so screw up this child.'  And now the second and third years I definitely have times when I think,  'wow, I'm doing this and that's really good.'"  
 (MPR Photo/Toni Randolph)

"The first year, I think went home almost every night almost crying, thinking I was the worst parent on the planet because I saw other parents who had been doing it longer," recalls Jackie Sticha. "And I was like, 'Oh, my God, I'm going to so screw up this child.' And now the second and third years I definitely have times when I think, 'wow, I'm doing this and that's really good.'"

(MPR Photo/Toni Randolph)
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