After aging out of the foster system, a young woman finally got adopted into a loving family. The woman spent years in the foster system and actually aged out, but she was still adopted and now has parents and a loving home. Check out this heartwarming story, and make sure to have some tissues ready.
Everyone wants to be with people and in a place where they are loved and feel safe and secure. Not only does everyone want that, but they deserve to have it and feel that way. A stable and loving environment is critical to a child's development.
Sadly, many children, through no fault of their own, find themselves in places where there is little to no love but chaos and instability reign. Children in those situations are very often abused and neglected. To try and remedy the situation, children are then placed in the foster system, where adoption by a loving, caring family is often a possibility.
Autumn Wise was one of those children in the foster care system. A clip posted on social media mentions that Autumn spent most of her life in the system. She was placed in foster care at just 3 years old and remained in the system until she aged out at 18.
While she may have aged out at 18, two years later, at 20 years old, Autumn finally received what she had wanted her entire life: a family.
"Once I turned 19, my now-parents had asked me if I wanted to be adopted," she said.
Autumn's adoption was official at 20 years old. To commemorate and remember the moment Autumn officially became a part of their family, her parents created a special name for that occasion.
"My parents called it Autumn's Day," she said.
Autumn added that being adopted and finally having a mother and a father means the world to her.
"It's astronomical," she said. "I, I have been standing on my own two feet for as long as I can remember. Granted, I'm still very stubborn. However, my parents have given me a foundation where if I fall, they're there to help pick me up. I didn't have that growing up."
1 Corinthians 16:14 "Let all you do be done in love."
