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  • Couple adopt woman after reading her story in paper (MAJOR tear-jerker)

    08/09/2010 4:43:11 PM PDT · by St. Louis Conservative · 11 replies · 1+ views
    The Times Daily ^ | April 30, 2010 | Michelle Rupe Eubanks
    If Haylee Cain were telling you her life's story, it would begin Thursday. The 21-year-old said she would always remember it as the day she moved out of the nursing home and into the lives of Donna and Judson Emens, of Tuscumbia. "I'm just so excited," she said. "I said I wouldn't cry, but I might." Because she suffers from cerebral palsy and because her grandfather, James Thomas, was no longer able to care for her, Haylee was forced to live in a nursing home. No state agency exists to care for individuals such as Haylee who suffer from physical,...