In 2003 Tom was nominated for the "Most Inspirational Person of the Year Award", sponsored by. In her own words, Tom explained the drastic expansion as follows, "Well from three to four isn't that much of a jump and at that point what's five? After five, the noise isn't going to get any louder and you're already cooking big meals so, well- it's not that hard to get to twelve." Over the next decade, Tom adopted 9 other children with special needs, who likely would not have found stable homes otherwise. Eventually, the strain was too much and the couple separated. According to Tom, it is at this point that she and her husband, Philip, began to drift apart. Following Emily's adoption, the social worker from her case again contacted Susan and enquired whether she would be able to take in a newborn, Margaret, suffering from failure to thrive and numerous other health conditions. Following the birth of her two now fully grown boys, Jeremy and Ben, Tom decided that she wanted a girl and adopted her daughter Emily from South Korea. Tom was previously married and adopted her first two children while still with her husband. Tom is the biological mother of two children, and the adoptive mother of eleven children with special needs. Susan Tom (born 1948) is a woman from Fairfield, California, who became famous when HBO aired a documentary, My Flesh and Blood, about her in 2003.
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