South Carolina Adoption Story

Local family learns value of international adoption

As 9-year-old Alyssah Ridley playfully runs around the living room of her home giggling, it's easy to see why her father describes her as a "ball of energy."

Tall, with long, dark hair and a bright smile, her parents say Alyssah is artistic with a great sense of humor. "She loves to write stories and put on plays," said her mother, Jean Ridley...

Jean said Alyssah is the daughter she and her husband Bobby always wanted, the daughter that they traveled all the way to China to adopt.