Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te mea i arotahi ia ki tana mahi tae noa ki te waenganui o ona tau 30, kaore ano a Claire Patterson kia tutaki ki a Mr Right, a, e mohio ana kei te haere tonu tana karaka koiora. I a ia he mahi ngaio i raro i tana whitiki me te noho haumaru o te tahua, ka whakatau te kaitango whakaahua e hiahia ana ia ki tana ake tamaiti - a ka whakatau ki te tango. I muri i tana haerenga, ka whakaaturia ki a ia tētahi ataata o tētahi tamaiti iti i whakarewa i tōna ngakau. <unk>Kei te noho ia ki raro, kātahi ka ataata ohorere ia, ā, ko te mea tonu tērā, i kī a Claire. I tino harikoa a Claire Patterson i tana kitenga e taea ana e ia te whakatipu i tētahi tamaiti tāne. Kāore au i hiahia kia whai tamariki hauā, i te mea he uri kotahi ahau, ā, kāore au i taea te āwhina i tērā. I tuhia i roto i tana pūrongo mahi tamariki he tamaiti hauora, he tamaiti kōhungahunga, ā, i tino harikoa ahau i te wā i korerotia mai ki a au ka taea e au te tiki i a ia. <unk>He rā tino motuhake, ā, ko ia taku tama tino motuhake, i tino harikoa ahau.<unk> I mohio a Claire he iti te roa o te whanaketanga o tana tamaiti, engari i mea ia he pai tana whakaaro. <unk>I whakaaro ahau kāore e taea e ia te kōkiri nā te mea kua noho ia i roto i te tiaki, ā, i whakaaro ahau, me te iti o te whakatau me te tiaki takitahi mai i ahau, he mea noa iho te wā.<unk> I te kitenga anake i te ataata me etahi whakaahua, ka timata a Claire, 40 ona tau inaianei, ki te manukanuka i tana tutaki ki a ia, ka mau ki a ia ki te kaainga i muri i nga wiki e rua: 'I manukanuka ahau mo te ahua o tona mahunga. I te mea he tino papatahi i muri, engari ahakoa, kaore au i te mohio he aha te mea e haere mai ana,<unk> I a ia e titiro ana ki muri, me i mua noa atu te tangi o nga pere whakaoho, he tino raruraru te mea kei tana tama. "Kāore ia i mahi i ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana e tētahi tamaiti o tōna pakeke", i kī ia. <unk>Kāore ia e taea te huri, kāore e taea te kōrero, te kōkiri rānei, ā, he tino ngoikore te kaha o ōna uaua.<unk> Ko te titiro o te aroha: Ka tākaro a Claire ki te tamaiti iti i whakahokia mai e ia ki ngā ratonga pāpori i muri i te tīmatanga o te whiu ki te 36 ngā whiu i te rā. I kawea ia e ia ki te rongoa korero, ā, ka whakatenatena ia i a ia i ngā wā katoa, engari i kī ia kāore ia i te mihi ki a ia mēnā ka puta ia i te rūma, ā, kāore e kōrero noa iho, i tua atu i te kupu kotahi, <unk>mummy<unk>. I muri i tana whakamana i a ia i te tau 2011, ko Claire...
He tino harikoa ki te noho hei whaea ki te tamaiti 18 marama te pakeke. I whakaakona te taiohi ki te haere me te ki atu'mummy' I tīmata a Son ki te 36 ngā tūtukitanga i te rā e akiaki ana i te whakamātautau hauora. I whakaaturia e ngā whakamātautau he mate roro o te tamaiti kāore i kitea i mua. E ki ana te kaitango whakaahua kāore he kōwhiringa i a ia engari kia whakahokia atu te taonga. Kua whakatūria e ia te paetukutuku Adoption Disruption UK hei tautoko i ētahi atu e pakaru ana te whakatamarikitanga.