How We Did It

06/19/2002 To report "Making of a Family," Jessica D. Matthews spent hundreds of hours over more than 16 months with the Cummings, attending school at Old Forge with Wendy, observing Mike at work at Lackawanna County Stadium, reviewing documents, talking with their doctors, adoption lawyers and advisers, and family and friends. She was there for their most important decisions in their search for a family. She capped off the reporting by traveling with the couple when they got their son, Andrew Michael, from his orphanage in Lang Son, a province in northern Vietnam, just 10 miles from the China border. She attended the special international adoption ceremony with them and then traveled south to Ho Chi Minh City where they finalized the adoption. As a result, relatively few scenes in the "Making of a Family" are reconstructed, and those are the result of careful interviews with all key participants. -- Larry Holeva ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ©Scranton Times Tribune 2002 Reader Opinions    Name: bUNNY AND bOB Date: Aug, 30 2002 wE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH THE SAME JOURNEYWITH A BEAUTIFUL, HALTHY 2 MONTH OLD BABY GIRL AT THE END. iT'S WORTH EVERY DIME AND TEAR. DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS TO BE PARENTS.   Back to top  Questions or comments? Contact Us Click here for home delivery of The Times-Tribune Read our Privacy Policy News | Sports | Obits | Opinion | Business Delivery problems | Place an ad | Letters to the editor Copyright © 1995 - 2002 PowerOne Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BACK TO START