Roanoke Valley family adopts teen after seeing 30 Days of Hope

[@shadow92992]

Congratulations! Thank you for opening your home to a child in need and adopting her into your family.

[@jasonarsenault1550]

It's your turn now.

[@h2shome]

It is great to see good souls meet up with growing souls ❤❤❤ you set the standard in humanity

[@sandraconnelly7507]

Amazing Mom and Dad. Showing all they love unconditionally. Wow this beautiful young lady won the golden ticket....

[@Theodicy101]

What a wonderful couple!!! I know that things don't always go this easy for foster/adopting families, but it's great when it works. These three--& the animal family member (who is a super cute dog)--all seem great! Very happy for them & wish them the best. Also...please don't forget to adopt homeless animals too; an adopted child & an adopted animal make for a complete family.

[@alanweinman1081]

Wonderful story!! All the best to that family! She’s a lucky young lady!! Hope she is always happy!

[@theearloffunk7223]

Terrific, good for all of you! I was adopted and recently found both sides of my birth family, siblings, uncles, aunts and parents and have had contact with many of them. I am thankful everyday that I got the adopted parents and siblings I do and that I was given up and missed that absolute dysfunctional train wreck of a birth family.

[@keithd9920]

That’s a great story- good people, all the best 👍

[@tshouse1955]

You are definitely NOT ordinary people, you are absolute angels from on high to do this.

[@RobertMesa-fu9oy]

Gotta love that dog on the couch

[@bbrcummins1984]

I hope this teenager realizes how lucky she is to find such a lovely home and parents

[@Speedyskull15]

They do get help with housing after aging out

[@Happybidr]

They’re lucky to have found her.

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

Dad is always in her room

[@allisongray7507]

@@Jacob-nu4nd you are sick

[@catrionamartin-hp9hz]

Im sooo glad you open your home to a child in need And found there forever home With lots of love❤❤❤Every child needs love in this world a safe place to call home😊😊

[@DionSt.Michael]

Lovely story. Very inspiring ❤

[@iwillbnnedafterispeakwhy6498]

This is an awesome story!

[@audraarndt1824]

So very sweet!! ❤❤❤❤

[@terryotoole6478]

Wonderful people... God Bless !!

[@Davek111]

So beautiful and awesome!

[@Happybidr]

I love working with teens.

[@gordonmari-ju2lv]

Great People, God Bless You All.🙏🙏🙏

[@valerielewis6037]

Congratulations!

[@lindatohara6438]

God bless you.

[@garthrichert5256]

Blessings on you three.

[@sydneymitchell8822]

What an amazing story. Beautiful family

[@leebrandzel3670]

That is the way too adopt. When the parents have no kids of there own. When the parents have their own children they will use the adopted ones too pay them rent. I was adopted september of 1968.😮

[@donmacneil547]

Wonderful story. ❤

[@MauriceGreen-rl1ru]

God bless your family

[@DJMovit]

Great story!

[@jeanetteh.9240]

Loved this!

[@eveningstar8581]

She looks like them! She could EASILY be their own!❤

[@shawnhuff3920]

Interesting stuff 🤔 given the chance to be a mentor and stability and a good guide will give children interest in becoming a good member of society and becoming successful 👍

[@eagle1de227]

What's not mentioned here is that adoptions are not rainbows and butterflies. It's a process that can indeed be rewarding but also very challenging. It's not like buying a new pair of shoes or having a bigger car. You intend to live with a human being with all it's ups and downs !

[@fnln544]

So great their Gray family of three is complete.

[@joscolen8524]

thank you .

[@bosshogg3548]

Congratulations 🎉

[@stevesmith246]

No you are special people she's a lucky young lady

[@bbrown5887]

Life altering for everyone is such an understatement I’m sure. Sadly it doesn’t always work out but clearly here it has and what a great story.

[@jamesleahy265]

I salute you both

[@kevinc1001]

They may not be her biological parents but they will still treat her like she's their biological daughter. Congrats on being adopted too many older kids especially teens get overlooked.

[@oliverzimble1285]

I’m so touched I wanna reward this lovely family with a Disneyland visit. If that’s ok with them and if it’s their thing, Disney.

[@wadexyz]

seems like money is not an issue for them with the Paris trip : )

[@stevengiles346]

Yup. Kids make you a better person.

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

What about abusive parents that the kids don’t ask for?

[@stevengiles346]

@ Really? I guess you’re in the “All Parents Are Abusive” school.

[@Sarfnic]

What a happy ending!

[@gail2698]

God bless

[@josejimenaz]

So cute ✌️😎

[@janetk2564]

Good people good karma

[@PatriciaMcNeil-h3w]

I want to adopt a teen one day

[@ericcarterofthehillpeople]

I swear I've seen movies on the internet about it.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Seems strange that they didn't ask the girl how she's feeling.

[@JNygaard]

Yeah, weird that they didn't want to smash a camera in her face and ask her about being abandoned by her previous family and now being adopted especially considering she's a minor. I say good on these parents for protecting her and keeping her off camera.

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@JNygaard Not every appearance of children on TV is exploitative. They showed her photo, so it's not like they were hiding her identity.

[@JNygaard]

@lurkerrekrul showing a photo is different than putting them out there on camera. She could have anxiety. She could have a speech issue. It could be any number of issues that are none of our business.

[@eagle1de227]

@@JNygaard You're absolutely right! But i also would want to have my opinion heard on a topic that matter me directly and not only talked about me from others

[@JNygaard]

@@eagle1de227 That's you. And that's the problem with social media. Just because you would want to be heard (or you and the OP in this case) you guys can go on social media and put the parents on Blast and then get a small number of people to rally behind your individual opinion. Sometimes the individual opinion gaines traction and then cancel culture comes into play and it just spirals out of control. These people are the parents, they get to make the choice. Our opinions don't really matter.

[@wlodell]

Interesting.

[@pattysalegna-killeen821]

💖

[@familylove5412]

WOWWWW

[@iacoponefurio1915]

Wow cool

[@JoelHope-mv6bp]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ God 😢placed you are for him to an unparented group of kids to adults.

[@SnipesXxX]

This is great by all means and teenagers can be a handful but you skipped most of the work and cost lol. She'll likely be gone to college in a few years.

[@RestlessRiver]

As long as I can remember (2 years old), I always knew I'd want to be a mom some day. I grew up in an conservative household and was told I'd someday have to be pregnant if I wanted a "real" child and somehow knew that was wrong from such a young age. The idea of being pregnant/giving birth was always terrifying to me anyway. I knew since the age of 8 that I'd be adopting any children I had and I have no idea where I learned about adoption from, because nobody in my life has ever adopted or even thought to do it... but I was just a highly empathetic child who was scared of ever giving birth and realized there were children in even worse conditions than my own horrible conditions that I could maybe help someday. I'm 31 now and I'm still not where I want to be, but I hope that by the time I'm 40 I'm able to adopt... I want to so badly.

[@eagle1de227]

How is it wrong to become pregnant?

[@Hell0kitty.420]

@@eagle1de227it’s not that wasn’t her point but the way she felt shamed and forced all growing up she couldn’t have a real child unless giving birth herself. That isn’t true and a very offensive statement. Children u adopt or foster can also be like your children just ones u never see again or get to see forever even if u didn’t birth them yourself. Having a child is about the love between parents and a child. Not all parents who give birth should be parents which is why adoption is great and no one should grow up feeling shamed by the opinions of their parents when asking inoccent questions

[@eagle1de227]

@@Hell0kitty.420 It was not meant to be rude. It was just a question about her statement to understand the background

[@RestlessRiver]

@@eagle1de227It’s not wrong for others, but it’s always felt wrong for it to happen to my body. I just knew for me that I was scared of the idea of being pregnant or giving birth. And, while I didn’t mention that I can’t have children, I did find that out when I was 25. Perhaps, in a way, my extreme fear of pregnancy/childbirth and desire to someday adopt was the universe preparing me, because the news that I can’t conceive naturally has brought me so much peace. Can’t wait to adopt someday!! ❤

[@eagle1de227]

@@RestlessRiver Thank you for your kind explanation! I wish you all the very best for your plans to adopt one day.

[@dodgem259]

Do not adopt because others keep telling you too, like this couple are doing. Adoption is not for everyone. The problem with adoption is that there a huge majority of children in the adoption system who are considered very challenging. There are children who have been abused both mentally and physically, there are children with acute medical problems, there are children with disability issues and all these children can present problems for potential adoption parents because they do not know how to handle such children and even with help from the adoption care system many potential adoption parents quickly realise they are out of their depth. My sister and her husband adopted two baby boys, both are in their early 20's now. They were given a choice of the age of the child they wanted to adopt and my sister felt taking in a teenager would be a struggle for her and her husband. Taking in the boys when they were babies has worked out very well for them but it does not always work. Also, one thing these news articles do not point out and it is a very important thing that should be pointed out so potential adaptive parents know is that ALL of the immediate family will be checked out by the the adoptive care system because they need to make sure the children will come into any situation that could potential harm then, physically or mentally. Grandparents, Aunt's, Uncles, Cousins, best friends, potential work colleagues, work boss, basically anyone that has the potential to be in regular contact with the child/children due to parties and get togethers all have to be checked out and if the people doing the checking find a problem with ANYONE of them, they can call the adoption off. This is something you never see in these type of videos.

[@wadexyz]

is it me, or is that TV mounted in just the worst spot?

[@ellalynntaylor]

she looks like izzy from greys anatomy

[@daninspiration4064]

The wife is so tall she’s taller than the husband and he looks about 5’10”

[@JNygaard]

Uh, ok

[@randymoran67]

Nice looking family! 👌 happy for that young lady

[@endebtedone]

cool story BUT if you are going to do a story on changing ones life shouldn't you feature the young lady???? especially to get her perspective on what it means???? the series is called 30 days of hope. isn't the point to inspire people to get involved???? but what the hell do I know

[@grenadabrown]

Why is the daughter not included in the interview?? Hmmm.

[@chelseagirl278]

we don't know its okay, its about adoption

[@JNygaard]

Maybe because she's a minor and they want to protect her? Maybe she doesn't want to talk about being abandoned by her birth parent and now being adopted? Not really any of our business.

[@sir_christmas_leopold_duckson]

The disgusting, perverted comments from people are exactly why I've given up on ever being an adoptive single father.

[@ericcarterofthehillpeople]

Sorry but it just seems odd. As odd as European families bringing in 15-year old migrant boys into their homes. People like to talk like their moral but there's not much distance from 15 or 16 and 18. Personally, were I married and decided to do this, there would have to be some very strict rules about how much time could be spent around her without my partner present.

[@sir_christmas_leopold_duckson]

@@ericcarterofthehillpeople It doesn't seem odd to me personally. People have just become corrupted by perversion.

[@Speedyskull15]

Ikr I didn’t feel creepy vibes at all .

[@Speedyskull15]

⁠@@ericcarterofthehillpeopleI get it cause it happens to foster kids all the time but she obviously wanted this and there’s not a lot of younger kids available. I’m more worried about the kids in care who can’t talk

[@Sprunki_liker86]

I believe this girl is my biological granddaughter I've been looking for her for years

[@Lorne-u2h]

I'm doubtful. I think CPS needs to closely monitor. Future XXX.

[@mjusda4353]

stay off pornhub

[@familylove5412]

POSTED 2 YEARS LATER WHY NOT THEN WHEN IT HAPPENED LOL

[@Agtsmirnoff]

Calling it now. At 18, wife gets divorced and man marries his adoptive daughter

[@GreatPlanet-c7o]

He's lining her up to ve wife #2.

[@blueix9]

I don’t trust them

[@Littlebigbot]

My intuition concurs.

[@randymoran67]

​@@Littlebigbotit's meth not intuition

[@texaswild3346]

*Good deed. ...now I'm gonna go watch movie "AMERICAN BEAUTY"*

[@smallzabe]

is this real life? How the F is a teenager adopted by this creepy weird couple

[@tom11zz884]

Creeper detected folks...

[@eveningstar8581]

What about this is weird??

[@mjusda4353]

the dad looks boring asf. but on serious note no white people are sane

[@indianbill3123]

fostering kids pays BIG $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ nowadays

[@smallzabe]

I wouldnt let that guy near my teen daughter

[@steveturner726]

And your the reason teenage kids don't get adopted you say this stuff with out prof may be should not let kids near you

[@chelseagirl278]

what a terrible remark. i am sure they have all been vetted! celebrate the girl's adoption!

[@davediamond9436]

he doesn't look like trump, so he is ok around teen daughters

[@tutmoon]

Yum 🤤 Nanaimo Bar…

[@andro99991]

I don't want to go into politics but...isn't this better than abortion? Adoption is much more humane and can be a solution to a lot of unwanted pregnancies. Not to mention that there are so many families that want to adopt but can't because they get rejected. On the other hand, conservatives have to stop stigmatizing sex in general and especially people who, for whatever reason, can't care for their children and decide to give them for adoption. They are preaching against abortion and for being "pro life" and, at the same time, they stigmatize women who have unwanted pregnancies or can't cope with caring for their children as sluts or whores or "irresponsible". They want to have their cake and eat it too. That is wrong and doesn't help.

[@jimmywenger8979]

this seems odd. "Like yea, just get a kid and give it food and love, i decided i could do that." And the woman, it's a trans woman right? So 2 dudes adopting a 16 year old vulnerable girl. Yikes.

[@contactpq]

Ion know ... dem folks always be doing freaky stuff to those foster children ... hope it ends well

[@Violet316]

That's a weird thing to say, especially when Matt Gaetz paid for minors to come have s@x with him, and trumps friend Epstein liked them young, then the maga Christians being charged for such crimes.

[@eveningstar8581]

That's so unfair to say! Yes creepy things happen in foster care! But to assume that every single case is like that?! Come on now!

[@alexanderrahl482]

Same for African americans. Look it up.

[@contactpq]

@alexanderrahl482 Im very familiar with it and it's not the same ... in fact, the process is exceptionally more difficult for Hispanics and Blacks .. look it up ... and you can find tons of reports right here in KZbin ... nice try though

[@alexanderrahl482]

@@contactpq Black people definitely do the same things. I can pull up a lengthy list of records for my county alone. Not to mention the whole state. I suggest your race step down from that pedestal the left built for you. Before you get knocked off of it next year.

[@charlesallen8901]

Must be rich going to Paos and braging about it know act like parents not her friend

[@auscop]

You don't need to be rich to go on an international holiday. You just need to have a good job and save. Millions of people go on international holidays every day. Your comment screams jealousy.

[@eveningstar8581]

What are you talking about?! Loads of biological families go on vacation lol! Where did you get that they're too lenient and refuse to parent her?? You clearly made up your own story that was nothing like the truth🥴

[@Speedyskull15]

If being her friend works for them and keeps her safe then let them do it. It’s hard to discipline kids with trauma . Maybe they’re doing a good thing by keeping her off the streets regardless of their parenting style

[@eveningstar8581]

@Speedyskull15 very true! She's 16. They are keeping her safe and off of the streets. And at the end of the day, that's what matters!

[@TestNuggz]

Watch them goofs

[@gordonmari-ju2lv]

Great People, God Bless You All.🙏🙏🙏