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As she reached her mid-40s, Sally Bennett Olczak reluctantly closed the door on the idea of being a mother.

Despite a rewarding career as the chief executive officer of the Alzheimer Society of Windsor and Essex County, Bennett Olczak said she “felt very broken-hearted and unfulfilled.”

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That all changed a few years later when she met and married American Thomas Olczak and together they pried open the door to parenthood through international adoption.

They recalled their emotional and physical journey recently from their Windsor home as they lovingly watched Charles, Winston and Elizabeth stretched across the floor playing with Legos.

“Now I have everything in life,” Bennett Olczak said. “I am the happiest woman in the world.”

They brought their children home from Bulgaria last October, the week Bennett Olczak turned 49.

Charles, the oldest at 10, is eager to share his Lego creation with a visiting reporter. Winston, 8, has the best grasp so far on the English language and is more than willing to demonstrate. Elizabeth, 7, is a little shier than the boys, content to let her brothers take the lead.