When Nicole DeHaven’s little girl sees the orange lights, pumpkins and ghosts hanging outside homes or inside stores, she can’t help but get excited. The toddler knows the big day — her big day — is coming. And all these decorations must be for her third birthday, which is just three days before Halloween. But DeHaven still can’t bring herself to plan a party for the little girl she and her husband, John, have fostered in their home since she was three days old. Because, deep inside, the DeHavens fear that the state of Kansas could come any day and take her away and drop her off at an adoptive home 2½ hours away with people she doesn’t know. All before her big day. As each day passes, the couple fights to keep their family intact. And at the same time, Cornerstones of Care, a child welfare contractor for the state of Kansas, works on an adoption that would place the toddler in a home with three of her biological siblings she’s never lived with. For many, the DeHavens’ story has bec...