Stephanie Culley and Beth Laitkep had been friends since
high school. They rekindled their friendship when Beth moved back to Virginia
from Texas with her six children. Beth had been diagnosed with breast cancer
two years ago, when she was expecting her youngest child. She endured
chemotherapy at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina, but by April it was
clear the treatments weren’t working. Beth died May 19 at the age of 39. Stephanie
and her husband Donnie already had three children of their own: Cole, 10,
Hayden, 6 and Calen, 2. When they adopted Beth’s six kids – Will, 15, Selena,
14, Jaxson, 12, Dallas, 10, Lily, 5, and Ace, 2 – it more than doubled the size
of their household. “We started dancing as soon as the judge made his ruling,” said
Stephanie. “It was like winning the Super Bowl for us. It was an amazing day.”
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