MONROE, N.C. — Watinia Goforth still thinks about Oxana, a child she was in the process of adopting in 2012 right before Russia banned Americans from doing so.
Oxana was 18 months old at the time and would have been Goforth's first child.
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Goforth doesn’t know where Oxana, who is 6 years old now, is.
"You feel like you got to fight for her," Goforth said.
In 2012, Goforth said and her husband traveled to Russia to meet Oxana.
"... [We] had an absolutely wonderful (time) trying to bond with her and you know telling her we were going to come back for her, calling us momma and papa,” Goforth said.
In 2013, Channel 9 interviewed Goforth about her fight to find Oxana.
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Goforth said after spending $30,000 in adoption fees, and falling in love with the girl, she wasn't going to give up.
She still wanted to find a way to adopt her and bring her home to Monroe. Goforth has been pushing lawmakers for answers as recently as last March.
"The state department knows nothing. There is no communication on adoptions," Goforth said.
With all those dead ends, what has kept her going were the miracles that happened since she first met Oxana.
Goforth said exactly a year after she had traveled to Washington to fight the adoption ban, she had a son.
Blake is 3 years old, and she also has twin boys named Luke and Jake, who were born in 2015.
Goforth still thinks of Oxana and hopes someone adopted her.
However, if there is still a chance U.S. and Russia could work something out, she wouldn't hesitate to bring her home.
"With three boys, I’m outnumbered, so if Oxana is still looking for looking for a home, I would bring her home in a minute and she can have three brothers to grow up with," Goforth said.