A Family, for a Few Days a Year

Summary:

1. Guatemalan boy (age 6) living in orphanage named Geovany

2. Only parents he has known live in Reno, Nev. and only visit twice a year

3. Carr's have no idea when-or if they are going to take Geovany home

Opinion:

      This is a tragic story about a boy who was unfortunately orphaned by his biological parents in order to give him a better life (perhaps), but the way a little Guatemalan boy's life has gone, that is not the worst part about the whole ordeal, not at all.

       Geovany, 6, actually has/ had two loving parents that adopted him as one of their own from Reno, Nev. Amy and Rob Carr are the adopted parents of this innocent, poor little boy. This sounds like it has a happy ending right? Well, not exactly. The Carr's have not more than toyed with the idea of actually bringing Geovany home so that he can move on to his new family. Geovany remains in a Guatemalan orphanage that has raised for as long as his childish brain can remember. Why put a six year old through all of this stress and pain when he could have been brought home by other parents that were ready to make the financial, emotional, and psychological  challenge of bringing in a child as one of their own? This is just cruel to do and even though their intentions might be right, the way that this boy's life has been affected over the last few years is something that they either don't notice, or simply don't care about, which is obviously not good if you are considering bringing a child home.

         If it were up to me, I would either bring this boy home to Reno, Nev. to start his new life or put him back up for adoption. Better that than having to go through the emotions and stress of wondering where is future is going to be.

Nick Bell