Posted on 10/16/2013 1:59:17 PM PDT by lone star annie
Tissue alert. Any Florida Freepers who can help this fine young man?
My two adopted children have saved my life.
I recommend it to anyone.
I could only read half-way through. Heartbreaking.
Poor baby. Goddam Democratic policies that led to this situation.
Every day, I thank God that I was fortunate enough to grow up as a wanted child in an intact family with members who liked each other (mostly). I would guess that teen adoption is uncommon, with adoption of a 6ft 200lb male being even more rare. I hope to be wrong on that.
If you can’t be an adoptive parent, then consider giving to One Simple Wish (http://www.onesimplewish.org/) Orphans post their wishes and generous people donate to make them happen. It feels really good.
Hope this young man knows the love and support of a family.
This is one of the reasons why one of my favorite movies is “ The Blind Side.”
Michael Orr and the Tougy’s live in my town
I’m adopted, my sister was, my parents both where.. I’m not in FL but send him up. We’ll give him a humble home.
he’s got the right foundation. I think we can build a great person.
>> He described an epidemic, “alarming numbers of African-American children who need us.”
Sad. But the Dimmocraps got what they wanted. When asked why he was pushing the “Great Society” program, that vile slimebag LBJ was reputed to have answered: “Because if we succeed is passing it, we’ll have them ni—ers voting Democrat for 100 years”. Evil, just plain evil.
Bless you, cable.
Wearing his only suit and with Bible in hand, Davion Only, 15, gets some last-minute help with his tie before walking into St. Mark Missionary Baptist church with Connie Going, his Eckerd case worker. (SHNS photo by Melissa Lyttle / Tampa Bay Times)
He'll make now that he has stopped blaming everyone else for his problems.
Or consider mentoring a teen in foster care/group home. I mentor a teen in care. Right now, I give her 60-90 minutes of my time once a week at the home. It’s positive, undivided attention for her.
Don't get me wrong, but I've become a sceptic of all charities and donations that claim go to the designees....There's always a group at the top who are cashing in on all these donations.
I just saw your reply on the Davion Only story. Thank you for what you do. I was orphaned just before my tenth birthday and was never lucky enough to get adopted - but people giving me time in the way you are doing for the kid you are mentoring gave me so much. It really does mean an awful lot and we don’t always know how much at the time.
Sure wish hubby and I were young enough to take this sweet young man. We are too old now to do justice for a child.
Wow, I hope you really mean that and he can be with your family!
Never too old, WVNan!
As long as there is breath!
Yep and to me, he became a living miracle having to live where the place he had to call home, a laundramat. It is a teaching lesson that often times, there is more than just incidents, rather there are “God incidents.”
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