Heart to Heart: Lessons from Adoption, Illness, and Loss

Annette Kruschek share the story of her "Tiny Teacher", Evelyn. Adopted with a congenital heart defect that took her life at 4 years old, Evie brought joy and lessons learned only when the stakes are high. We talk about the experience of being a mother to a child with a congenital heart defect AND what it is like to be the child and adult who has lived with a heart defect her entire life.....

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