Mom Tells of Special Bond Between Her Autistic Biological Son and Her Adopted Son

'It has taught me that people have value, period. Our value is not in doing but in being.'

Courtesy of Jessica Hurlbut

A mom-of-five is sharing about the heartwarming bond between two of her boys, one adopted, one biological with autism, to prove that blood does not create a family, God does.

Jessica and Greg Hurlbut have been married 18 years and live in Massena, upstate New York, where they were both born and raised. Greg is a lead pastor, and Jessica is a writer and stay-at-home mom. Together, they have three biological children: Jeremiah, 14, Mara, 13, and Jacob, 8. They adopted siblings Isaac, 9, and Emma, 8, after fostering them both as newborn babies.