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tribune november 16 1988 the szuks family of markham is now five since the adoption of their daughter taralin taralin is from korea other members of the family include father alex mother barbara and sons jonathan and michael the adoption process took two years to complete pnotojiu thomas former stouffville family rejoices at daughters arrival by kate gilderdale shes a dream come true said barbara szuks of taralin marie the beautiful eightmonthold baby girl from korea she and her fami ly adopted last may the szuks who lived in stouffville for three years before moving to markham in 1987 waited a long time for taralin but her arrival pro ved their wait was worthwhile it took barbara husband alex and sons michael and jonathan more than two years of applications interviews and careful screen ing before alex was able to travel to korea to find the daughter who turned their dream into reality it was something we had contemplated for years barbara notes it wasnt a snap decision nevertheless there were times when their determination wavered she admits your life can change so much in 22 years and we did go through times of doubt she says the emotional support they gave each other helped them overcome their uncertainties when one of us went through times of doubt the other was sup portive she said the szuks first step in the adoption process was to contact family and childrens services of york region in newmarket which arranged to do a home study through one of its social workers during the yearlong study the whole family was interviewed both together and separately before their application was for warded to the adoption desk in ottawa it was held there for another year pending requests a from korea for adoptive parents zifi we picked korea because we had both thought of it separate- ly barbara explains when she talked to alex about adopting a baby from korea it turned out that he had been thinking the same thing it was something we had to do stresses barbara strengthening their resolve was the fact that friends in montreal had also adopted a baby from there somehow that made it more real for us she says 1 last march 15 the long- awaited news finally arrived the phone rang while i was getting dinner it was the social worker to tell me things were set tled she recalls at the end of may alex travelled to korea to collect the newest member of the szuks family he said he really wanted to pick her up barbara says he and taralin were very close right from the beginning alex first picked taralin out of the foster home and later col lected her from the hospital which is run by private donations we had to pay to get her the money goes to support the hospital barbara explains alex spent eight days in korea before bringing his daughter home when she arrived bon ding was almost instant bar bara said having captivated her im mediate family taralin set to work on relatives and friends our families were very sup portive they welcomed her into the family with open arms bar bara said my aunt held her and kissed her and said this baby feels like family we feel so blessed that shes here and shes healthy friends too rallied around with gifts and boxes of clothing we received over 70 gifts the support that people hve given us emotionally and physically has been fantastic she comments michael 10 and jonathan g have been equally enthusiastic and adore their little sister she gets so much attention and loving she never has to cry everyone is so in love with this baby bar bara says proudly the social worker still visits the family and they go to court for the final adoption proceedings in january and as far as the family is con cerned its just a formality because taralin is already a complete part of their lives as taralin crawls happily around the floor of her parents home its hard to believe anybody could resist her no wonder barbara feels shes a dream come true how is your child doing in school if your childs classroom performance is less than desired it 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