Thanks for posting this article. National Adoption Day was this past Saturday, November 18th. In my area, the event was celebrated on Friday the 17th. A good friend of mine adopted two half-sisters whom she had fostered for over a year. The two courtrooms used for all of the adoptions were decorated in a ‘Wizard of Oz’ theme (”There’s no place like home!”) and there were tons of stuffed animals and balloons for the kids to take with them. There was also a Wizard of Oz-themed reception with lots of delicious treats. The Wizard of Oz characters even showed up at the reception and in the courthouse lobby for pictures with the families. My friend was granted permission to adopt a couple of months ago, but she wanted to wait until Adoption Day because she knew what a huge deal would be made about it. It really was special for all the families and friends.
I hope little Chris here finds a family soon. Poor kid.
What a wonderful story about your loving friend! These stories tear at the heart. Most of us take having a family for granted.
I’m a teacher & I made 3 different calls to DHS last week over a new student. People who shouldn’t have the most kids & it’s heart breaking. May Chris get his wish.
We had foster cared a newborn baby girl in New York city for six months and were prepared to adopt her, but the mother realized she would lose some funding and got “cleaned” up real good for the court date. They took the baby from us and gave it back to the crack addicted mom.
Being in New York, I have no idea what happened to the little girl afterwards.
The baby had tremens after birth and I would sit up at night and rock her through the withdrawals. I also would have put a bullet into mommy and daddy without one skipping a heart beat.