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January Manulife Financial ONLY THE NAME H/ And then came the surprise of her life. No one told her little Alexandra had a 3 1/2â€"yearâ€"old "aggressive" sister, Justine, who had lived in an orphanage since she was two months old. No one told her the authorities would give her a 24â€"hour ultimatum: Take both children or none. "It wasn‘t fair of them," she said. "But I trusted in God that there was a reason for this." Six months later, she met her Polish cousin and the However, it was not long before the deepâ€"seated longing for children overcame all doubts and she was on her way to Poland to pick up her new yearâ€"old daughter. Indeed, when she saw the blondeâ€"haired child in the white dress, she felt that "God had given me a cift." Because their parents came from Poland and both were fluent in the language, their thoughts turned to adopting an infant from that country. A cousin in Poland became the liaison between a Polish orphanage, the Polish government and the Canadian couple. After two years of paperwork to satisfy the orphanage and governments in both countries, after numerous home visits by a social worker who asked personal questions about her relationships with her own family, after perâ€" sonal letters from friends and business associates that had to be translated into Polish and notorized by lawyers and, after an expenditure of $3,000, Zendel was told that a yearâ€"old girl in Poland had been found for them. At this point, she became extremely anxious and afraid. "I panicked," she said. "I called Poland back and said to cancel everythine." By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff She began at the beginning by telling the students that surgery for cancer six years ago left her incapable of having a child of her own. She and her husband, George Rosiecki, gradually became accustomed to the idea there would be just "the two of us" for the rest of their lives. Zendel, combining her skills as a registered nurse with her interest in skin care, started her own business, Nature‘s Aesthetics, on Dunn Street. They entertained and travelled. But there was still a void. Children were missing. ‘"There was the nagging feeling of wanting to have a family," she said. ‘"We started looking into adopting in Ontario only to find there was a sevenâ€"year waiting list for infants." S uddenly becoming the mother of two Polish children was so stressful that Barbara Zendel : had to get a week‘s rest in Florida three weeks after they arrived. But she‘d do it all over again, if she had to. Speaking to a Grade 11 "parenting" class at St. Ignatius of Loyola High School recently, Zendel, 37 of Mississauga, was exceptionally candid and forthright about the problems that come with sudden motherhood. 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Finally, she had her family. But her hour of trial and tribulation was just beginning. "This first year was the most difficult, the most disruptive, the most chaotic, for us," she said. "After only three weeks with the children, the stress was so great that I took a week off and went to Florida, leaving my husband in charge." talking to her clients, children‘s aid societies and a Toronto organization called Families In Adoption. However, she said she regretted not consulting a social worker to discuss adoption beforehand. We didn‘t know what trauma lay ahead of us," she told the students. "If you ever adopt children, I‘d sugâ€" gest you go for counselling and know what you‘re getâ€" ting into." Most of her stress resulted from Justine‘s rage that burst out in rocking back and forth, bashing her head against the wall, pushing her sister downstairs and other acts of aggression. Zendel and her husband associated this behavior to Justine‘s years in the orphanage, although they could only guess at the suffering she must have experienced to bring out such conduct. At one point Zendel felt her coping skills were so low that she seriously considered giving Justine up for adoption in Canada. Instead, she and her husband helped Justine work through her aggression with the help of counselling for Justine and couple counselling for herself and her husband. She learned a great deal by Love is what it‘s all about, it‘s as simple as said, "And it‘s strange but the most troubl is probably the one most loved." REGIONAL TRLST TORONTO Tel: (416) 966â€"2000 WOODBRIDGE Tel: (416) 851â€"5888 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER ublesorm ab â€" HALTON RESIDENTS: LATEX CEILING FLAT LATEX SATIN SAVEF 17" Compared to St Clair‘s After Sale Price on Paint, Wallpaper and Monaco Window Blinds. After Sale Price In Effect Sunday, February 7, 1993 OUR PRICE GUARANTEE Mon. â€" Fri. 9 a.m 134 Lakeshore Rd. 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