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Claudine Barretto on choosing to adopt

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<p>&quot;I think I have so much love to give.&quot;</p><p>These were the words of Claudine Barretto when asked what made her decide to adopt children.</p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Karen Davila, Claudine shared why she chose to adopt. </p><p>&quot;Kumbaga my cup was overflowing pa rin ng love and I wanted to share it,&quot; she remarked.  </p><p>&quot;Also I believe there&#x27;s no difference &#x27;yung love ko kay Santino (biological child), kay Sabina, Noah, and Quia. They are all the same,&quot; the actress, dubbed as the country&#x27;s Optimum Star, added. </p><p>&quot;If you can love your husband who&#x27;s not your own blood, how can you not also love these children unconditionally?&quot; she continued. </p><p>Claudine first became an adoptive parent to Sabina.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtvPu-KvaYx/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A362841.80000019073%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;Ako I always say it&#x27;s meant to be, we were meant to be. Di ba parang God has a blueprint sa life mo and kasama don sa blueprint si Sabina,&quot; she said.</p><p>She continued: &quot;When I held her in my arms, I can&#x27;t explain it parang this is mine, this is for me. I&#x27;m gonna keep you safe. The moment I held her, I swore that I would do everything in my power to make her happy and to give her a good life.&quot;</p><p>After Sabina, Claudine adopted two more children. The second one after Sabina was Quia.  </p><p>&quot;They really wanted the sibling (referring to Santino and Sabina), that&#x27;s one of their prayers talaga and of course di na pwede kasi wala na kami ni Raymart (Santiago) nun when they wanted a sibling,&quot; she remarked.</p><p>&quot;Parang I told them sige let us pray if in two weeks we don&#x27;t get a call or whatever that means it is not for us kasi we visited orphanages eh kasi I used to do social work for DSWD,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;Of course, you don&#x27;t usually get calls [saying] &#x27;There&#x27;s someone here you can adopt.&#x27; But mag-two two weeks, we got a call, and I was like talaga this is really for us,&quot; she added.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/5/29/claudine-barretto-raymart-santiago-celebrate-kids-academic-achievements-1243"><strong>READ: Claudine Barretto, Raymart Santiago celebrate kids’ academic achievements</strong></a></div><p>In the case of Noah, Claudine shared that her kids wanted another sibling, this time a boy. </p><p>She revealed that they waited three months before she got to meet Noah and welcomed him into their family.</p><p>&quot;Noah&#x27;s like my angel. He is like with me 24/7, sobrang lambing. Mama&#x27;s boy talaga siya,&quot; she stated.</p>

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Claudine Barretto on choosing to adopt: ‘I have so much love to give’

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Published August 14, 2023 02:39 PM PHT

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