Did you see this sweet story about an adopted child

[Jalapeñomel]

thanking the news anchor who helped him find a permanent home after being in numerous foster homes?

www.theindychannel.com/news/good-news/boy-surprises-texas-news-anchor-who-helped-him-find-adoptive-parents

[bornbaker]

Yes! I love how she was so touched by that one child she helped! I was kinda hoping more of the kids would appear and thank her. That would have been amazing!

[Deleted]

Yes.  I love ABC Evening News.  I got misty-eyed. 

[meganew]

That was really, really sweet. And I cried. Of course.

[isabel]

Fuck, what is with the onions this week, you guys?

Seriously though, that made me cry.

[takeonyou]

Damn onions.

That is so sweet.

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[meganew]

The story itself was amazing, but those numbers? Only 2% of over 6,600 kids get adopted? Holy shit. I know that's just for that area, but now I'm wondering if that percentage is the norm. : (

[Jalapeñomel]

Mar 6, 2014 19:43:17 GMT -5 meganew said:

The story itself was amazing, but those numbers? Only 2% of over 6,600 kids get adopted? Holy shit. I know that's just for that area, but now I'm wondering if that percentage is the norm. : (

It's heartbreaking.

[WOT?*]

I teared up watching this.

On a side note, since I'm now a licensed foster parent because of taking in the girls, I had two calls in my voicemail *today* looking for a sibling placement and for an emergency overnight placement for kids. Since we'd only talked about bringing in the girls, and it's all still topsy, I had to call and tell them we were licensed for relative care only and not taking in other children. Broke my heart but we just don't have a place to put them.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Oh man. Tears. What a great kid, what a great story.