When cancer dashed my brother's dreams, it spurred me to follow mine and adopt my daughter
Kerri McCourt had long thought that she would adopt a child someday. But when her brother was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, McCourt took steps to make the dream come true.
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![Left, Kerri McCourt kisses the cheek of her younger brother Jon McCourt in 1985. Right, McCourt and her daughter Jill McLaughlin in 2019. McCourt had long thought that someday, she would adopt a child. When Jon was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, McCourt took steps to make the dream come true. A photo collage with one photo showing a teen girl kissing a young boy on the cheek, and the second showing a woman in a tuque smiling up at a young girl who is leaning against a tree.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7170165.1712796207!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/kerri-mccourt.jpg)
Kerri McCourt had long thought that she would adopt a child someday. But when her brother was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, McCourt took steps to make the dream come true.