You helped to give a child the best start in life, and he grew up to do the same for others - just in a different way. What a beautiful and incredibly giving family you must be! Thank you to you and your son for contributing so magnificently to making the world a better place, one child at a time 💕
Love doesn't know color. I'm not being negative but after you said love doesn't know color you said sincerely a "black" mother instead of mother. There are good people in every skin shade imaginable & unfortunately we also have the opposite. ♥️
I hope this little boy is taught about his culture of origin, language and history to build his identity. If not, he will eventually want to find it out someday himself in search of his roots, anyway. It's only natural. ❤
@@avagates2039he’s either Caribbean or black American (or both). Too many white people adopt these black children then raise them in a white family, in a white neighborhood and a white school. That’s abuse.
@@britbrat1127Exactly.....That is so ignorant to assume the birth mother "said no" to him. She said YES to a hard choice in order for him to have a BETTER life.
@@jenniferzemlansky7957 Exactly. It’s never easy for a mother to give up her child. I won’t assume people’s situations because I personally know a lot of people who I honestly think should’ve put their child up for adoption. At least the child would’ve had a fighting chance 🤷🏽♀️ most people are too selfish
I don't think so ! The boy is beautiful or cute and I don't find any cuteness...black and ugly I will never give lie compliment... Bt his life matter...
@@Ibusoloriderindia Who the hell are you to call this child black and ugly? That's a horrible thing to say about this lovely child. Now I see who is actually ugly on the inside!
@@Ibusoloriderindia Forget being racist, you're just all around hateful. I don't know what's happened to you in your life but you will be a whole lot happier when you give up your hateful ideology, drop the people in your life who are also racist in such an ugly way, and find peace within yourself. I grew up with an entire family who is racist and so is all of their friends and until you can shed those people, expand your mind, soften your heart and be a positive person, the hate you feel in your heart is something that will always only be your problem. Do you think anyone else is affected by the hate you project? No. Only your soul, mental health, and overall internal body health is what's taking a toll.
I know right 😅. I have always wanted to become a foster parent or adopted a boy , since my kids are getting older now. That's what my Aunt did for many years 😃. I just hate that you have to pay out so much 💸 just for adoption and court fees 😒😔.
Even if you weren't a mother you should still want this for other children. It's so weird to say "as a mother" when people who aren't parents still want this for the children of foster care. Saying "as a mother" is only applicable when it's relevant. Like, "as a mother," "I suggest doing this for a clogged nose."
@@dontworryaboutit4255 you’re really doing too much ,if you’ve never been a mother you can’t know what I mean, never once did I say only mothers want that for kids but I know what a mother does and feels and based on that perspective I pray that the kids in foster care experience this type of love! I meant what I said and said what I meant. I didn’t say that people who don’t have kids are better or worse but I can’t speak for them or feel from their perspectives only mine and I’m a mother Period !
@@MajicallyNews that kind, intelligent face is what makes me think he'll be a great man one day. If you look back to all the great people of the world, they all have that kind/intelligent face no matter what nationality they are. And with his special situation I think if you teach him about compassion and love for others is what is going to turn him into someone who can change the world.
@@MajicallyNews the white shirt one (where he was sitting on the couch) and the grey shirt one (sitting in the bouncy chair) is what got me noticing him. his smile has an amazingly bright feeling behind it. His face gives off a warm, truthworthy, and friendly feeling.
Years ago when I was still a nurse, I looked after an elderly lady who had fostered over 100 kids. I’ve never seen anyone have so many visitors. It left such an impression on me, her capacity for love and what the kids (now adults) had for her. What a legacy. Fostering and adoption is beautiful.
I had as well an elderly patient (101 years old) that he has fostered with his wife 114 children in total and I will never forget him....what a beautiful soul... ❤
Years ago, I remember a child-less friend who decided to adopt a baby. Her first attempt fell through when the mother changed her mind. She and her husband were devastated but decided to push on. A week later, she got a call from a social services worker who said that there was a newborn baby who was put up for adoption. She called me excited and wanted to go get the baby. I told my boss and had their blessing to take my friend and get the baby as her husband couldn't leave work just yet. When we got to the nursery, the baby was in a crib asleep. He suddenly woke up and stared at HER even though both of us were standing there. The baby just suddenly SMILED and I could tell he KNEW she was his MOM. 30+ years later, she's a grandma/grandpa and the rest is history...... It is possible to love a child even if not created initially in your body but throughout your life.
@@angilcox5206 I’m so sorry sweetheart. I know how you feel. My Dad died back in 2006 and his birthday is April 6 which has been such a sad reminder to me. Until almost 4 years ago when my Beautiful and Wonderful Grand Daughter was born on my Dad’s Birthday! Now April 6 is a Good Day again and I celebrate with my family and we include my Dad too. 🥰
My story too! He’s now 18 and still such a joy. Brilliant. Taught himself classical Piano, German and anything else he puts his mind too. I thank God for him everyday!
I'm adopted and now I care for my 92 year old adoptive Mother. Amazing how God does things and makes them come full circle... Congrats 👏 👏 👏 👏 Thank you for reading and responding and the likes. I let Mom read them she smiled, cried and told me she loves me. God bless all of you😭❣️
Omg same here! Except my adoptive mom is in her 80s now. When I was a child alone in this world and had no one she took me in loved me, protected me and never treated me as anything less than her daughter. I look forward to returning all that kindness and love. True family is not found in blood it is found in the heart.💗
i dont particularly like babies or kids. and i definitely don't think all babies are cute but donovan is SO CUTE!!! holy!! i just wanted to pinch his cheeks! what a blessed boy! i hope nothing but good things for him in his life with his family!
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Was just going to say the same thing but alas it has already been said 🙈🥰 He looks so smart in that tiny little suit - who even makes suits that are so small?! I guess you’re never too young to make a good impression 🥹🙈
Thank you so much for adopting that little boy. One day he will make you both proud. Teach him morals and values and they will never depart from him. May God bless you guys.
Love him everyday, even if he screws up sometime. I lost my son 37 yrs old in 2021, so from my heart, just love him, that's all he needs. And hug him as much as you can.
ALLAH/God teaches love…ALLAH is love…. Everything else is just peoples perception and whatever perspective they deem fit for their lifestyle.. both of those concepts clouds the truth but one (perspective) if you using the last messenger’s perspective, which he shows you divine literature, given to him by ALLAH. You will always win. from Isa mouth Matt 4:4 " It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"…. The Bible also teaches you who the devil is…but you must choose to follow the last messenger or die with these devils, loving and believing everything they give.
I was put in foster care with my 3 other siblings. My sister and I stayed together and we were put in the same home with my future mom, a single lady in her mid 50's. She was always going to adopt us but the state asked her to adopt my younger brothers too. SHE SAID YES! We got to stay together after 2 years of being apart. It's been 20 years since she started fostering us and almost 18 years since adoption day. I call my mom all the time. She was there for my college graduation, the birth of my son, and any other time that I needed her. She is my rock and you will be his too. I love stories like this. You are changing his life and I know this from personal experience. You are an incredible person just like my mom. You are so wonderful and I hope you get everything in life.
I love this. Thank you for loving and adoption a black child. They are the hardest to get placed let alone adopted. Love is color blind. Please continue to share your story and journey.
Hell. Yes. I adore people like you. I was never adopted…to those of us who aged out of the system, y’all know what it does to one’s soul. It’s not something you are ever fully healed from, Thank you for saving him. Thank you to any decent adoptive parent out there. You are the real mvps.
I just watched a video before this one where a little girl asked her mother where HER own mothers mom was (grandma). The mother explained that she doesn't know because her own mother didn't want her. The daughter went "Ooooooh no! I want you!" You could see that woman's inner child healed before your very eyes. I hope EVERYONE in your position gets that kind of healing. In a way, somebody in this world wants you even if it wasn't a parent or potential parent. (Some people's parents pass away which lands kids in foster care so I'm including the potential parents who look to adopt instead of assuming all kids are "unwanted" by their bio parents). Family is neither by blood nor marriage but of the heart. And I hope you have the family you wish. Much ❤ to you!
@@chihirosen6996 Oh my goodness . This reminds me of what I said to my mother when I was around 6 when she talked about being abandoned by her mother. I said "Don't worry, mommy, you have us now." At that time I didn't understand why she repeated to many people what I said. Thanks to your comment, at the now ripe age of 65, I realize it was a healing for her. Thank you.
@@deva190 You did good. Humans are herd animals. Meaning we rely on one another regardless how we feel about the human race. Even the most antisocial of us look for love. It's an innate understanding in our nature that love makes the world go round.
@@ruthosornio7779 just honesty and if/when your child wishes to try and find and contact their birth parents don’t take it as a criticism of you and how you have parented them. Sadly my parents were poorly advised and I found out by accident at 14 years old and it sent me a little bit off of the rails for a few years and made me question every relationship I have had ever since. I knew that they loved me but I became very angry resentful and still now at 53 years old have terrible trust issues. Things were different 53 years ago we didn’t have access to the records like we do now and I think they were just hoping that they never had to tell me and when I found out accidentally they had just as much of a knee jerk reaction that I did and said things that really shouldn’t have been said. So in my own personal opinion and experience I would say to bring them up knowing that they are adopted and why if known they were adopted out and why you wanted to adopt children. They have been gone nearly 10 years now and I miss them so much and am only sorry that finding out how I did made me very difficult to love for so long, but they did and I owed them so much. Good luck with your future family 💜
Seeing him in his little suit with his fist in the air gave me all the feels! Two years ago my nephew was officially adopted. My sister was fostering and she picked him up at the hospital at six days old, and he was technically a foster kid for the first three years of his life even though he’s always been ours. Congratulations to this beautiful family!
@@cory1800ost foster situations are required to have a period of time where the state allows the parents to get the children back upon completion of their plan. That can be anywhere from a year or 2 depending on the circumstances. Then the actual adoption process requires a year of monitoring and check ins to make sure the child is adjusting and that there is no issues or second guesses. Then the court dates to finalize it all can take months to be set.
All the feels? I bet I know what type of plantation overseer you finally got the melanin you’ve been looking for feelings it gave you. It’s disgusting quite frankly. And I feel sorry for that baby. A life of not knowing who he really is or anything about where he comes from. Will be an outsider to my ppl and an ally to his enemies
@@walkingintruthknowledge7418 wow . Maybe taling a look at why you think his "people" would view him as an outsider and why you view people that are different than you as enemies. You have no idea what his story is. Or wht he was put in foster care in the first place. And if you personally believe only the same race can raise a child of said race maybe go thru the process to become of a foster parent, take on those children, and then go through the long process of adopting them as well, instead of shaming and degrading the woman that opened her home and heart up to give him a chance at knowing what safety and love is. Otherwise you sound like a hypocritical keyboard watrior that just wants to complain but not truly bring about change.
In 1998 we lost our adopted daughter in a auto accident. In 2004 we started fostering another child, a boy. Because of my Cancer we were denied our application to adopt. My Wife advised our son for him to write a letter to the Family court Judge, he accepted the application, that child now graduated from high school, ready to join the Marines. My Cancer return we tell our son "NOT TO WORRY FOR HIM TO GO ON WITH HIS LIFE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK". God BLESSED us with this child.
@PansyF SCIENCE HAS BEEN TRYING TO DISPROFF OF GOD EXISTENCE, AND HOW THIS UNIVERSE CAME ABOUT. NO ONE HAS ACCOMPLISH ANY RESEARCH SAYING GOD DOESN'T EXISTENCE.
Oh my gosh, the transition from that beautiful little chubby face to a handsome little man in his 3-piece suit is so incredibly precious. What a beautiful family ❤️
This made me cry, laugh and happy all at the same time. That baby saw mom and dad. He did not see color. I wish the rest of the world was built like this family here. Awesome story we need more stories like this. Luv it❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
I tried for 17 years to be a mom. When we realized it wouldn't happen in my body, we found an adoption agency. 2 months after we were approved, we got the call that there was a 4 day old baby girl about to be released from the hospital, the bio parents chose you, please come pick up your daughter! She is the best thing that ever happened to me and my husband and I am thankful every day for her.
Wow, I'm not a woman, but I can't imagine 17 years of trying to be a mom not feeling almost like a torture. 😢 So good that in the end you got to raise a baby.
That's so beautifulto hear Candace! Sounds like you were born to be a mother. May God bless you and the kids you're meant to raise with abundant grace and peace! 🕊🌹🙏🏿
Having been adopted myself, I see the ABSOLUTE JOY on all of your faces and I CELEBRATE WITH YOU! Many Blessings, Light and Love will follow your steps through life Beautiful Souls!!! ☀️💖🙏
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God
What a cutie patootie baby. So good to see a child well loved and cared for. Giving birth and being good parents are not mutually exclusive, so it feels so right when people who genuinely want to be a mum and dad, be such doting ones.
@@sunshine91671came to say smth like this. Work with yp in care and the generational trauma in some families makes this impossible to achieve. Put children where they will receive the love and nurturing they deserve, regardless of blood-ties.
My pessimistic Debbie downer part says why is foster even a problem in this very rich country… literally we have enough people who claim that they (we) are followers of Christ… so many that if we as a collective decided tomorrow to end the need for a foster care system within a year or however long it would take to certify and be qualified the entire population of foster children would be in homes that supposedly are loving and nurturing according to the book 📖 we claim we follow… we could completely eliminate the system as we know it today … if we did what the book says.!!!
@@markarnold933 bc it says more about Christianity that humanity. Some of the worst people I've known and biggest hypocrites I've ever come across will claim g0d as their saviour. And most of the kindest, honest, respectful and giving humans are the one's your so called children of g0d denounce as being sinners. Religion doesn't solve the worlds problems.
I was adopted, and my wonderful parents made my wonderful life possible. Adoptions are truly one of the most selfless acts. It's not about blood, it's about love.
As an adoptee shouldn’t adoption be about us more and less about erasing where we are from our ancestry because if we are lucky our adoptive parents understood your humanity as a human not as theirs
My son is 4.5 years old now... I've had him since he was in the NICU at 8 days old. On October 26th, 2021 he became my legal son. I understand what you feel, I've been there myself. We are now only weeks away of adopting our 8 year old daughter, she has been in and out of our home since she was 18 months old. We have an amazing family! Congratulations to you, your husband and to little Donovan ❤️ much love from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing your story, dear one. You are truly blessed. Sending you and your beautiful family love, light, peace and strength from Sarasota Florida. 🙏💚☀️✌️💪✝️💯♥️
I got that call 38 years ago. Today he's a math teacher. That day in court to become his real dad is something you never forget.
You must be so proud of your son.
This is BEST thing I've heard all day, very beautiful. Bless you🙏❤️😊
This is lovely ❤
You helped to give a child the best start in life, and he grew up to do the same for others - just in a different way.
What a beautiful and incredibly giving family you must be!
Thank you to you and your son for contributing so magnificently to making the world a better place, one child at a time 💕
God bless you and fill your days with joy. The world is a better place because of people like you. 😊
There is 1 race. The human race. Period. God bless you. ❤
Amen
That’s right many tribes but one human race
I have been saying this for a long time and no one listened. Thank you!
Amen. ❤
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That boy is wearing a 3 piece suit.
You know he's on his way to do great things.
Thank you for loving him ❤
SO handsome in his 3 piece! Absolutely adorable!!!
I was thinking that as well. Just so handsome sporting his fancy duds.
Donovan has the most amazing smile!! What a cutie! 🥰
Love knows no color. Thanks for being his mommy and daddy. I’m adopted too! -Sincerely A black mother
Love doesn't know color. I'm not being negative but after you said love doesn't know color you said sincerely a "black" mother instead of mother. There are good people in every skin shade imaginable & unfortunately we also have the opposite. ♥️
I hope this little boy is taught about his culture of origin, language and history to build his identity. If not, he will eventually want to find it out someday himself in search of his roots, anyway. It's only natural. ❤
@@denisseavila9083What is his culture?
@@avagates2039he’s either Caribbean or black American (or both). Too many white people adopt these black children then raise them in a white family, in a white neighborhood and a white school. That’s abuse.
I'm adopted too. This is beautiful.
When someone says no, someone else will say yes. Adorable ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is a powerful statement and I hope that those who read you're message knows that there is always help and hope.
Kind of ignorant on your part. You don’t know the situation or why the birth mother gave the child up, it’s never as simple as saying no.
@@britbrat1127Exactly.....That is so ignorant to assume the birth mother "said no" to him. She said YES to a hard choice in order for him to have a BETTER life.
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@@jenniferzemlansky7957 Exactly. It’s never easy for a mother to give up her child. I won’t assume people’s situations because I personally know a lot of people who I honestly think should’ve put their child up for adoption. At least the child would’ve had a fighting chance 🤷🏽♀️ most people are too selfish
Who couldn't love this child? He's so beautiful inside and out:)
I don't think so ! The boy is beautiful or cute and I don't find any cuteness...black and ugly I will never give lie compliment...
Bt his life matter...
@@Ibusoloriderindia Who the hell are you to call this child black and ugly? That's a horrible thing to say about this lovely child. Now I see who is actually ugly on the inside!
@@Ibusoloriderindia Forget being racist, you're just all around hateful. I don't know what's happened to you in your life but you will be a whole lot happier when you give up your hateful ideology, drop the people in your life who are also racist in such an ugly way, and find peace within yourself. I grew up with an entire family who is racist and so is all of their friends and until you can shed those people, expand your mind, soften your heart and be a positive person, the hate you feel in your heart is something that will always only be your problem.
Do you think anyone else is affected by the hate you project? No. Only your soul, mental health, and overall internal body health is what's taking a toll.
Yeah he is black but but not that ugly look carefully he is actually cute....but yeah your comment is actually reality check @@Ibusoloriderindia
Amen!! What a cutie patootie!!! ❤️❤️
What a cutie! Every child deserves loving parents. Blood is only one way to be family.
DNA isn't the only thing that makes you a family. It's love and devotion. Congratulations!!💛
Slavă Domnului, bine spus !!❤❤FELICITĂRI ! ❤GOD bless you !❤🌹❤️🏕🎶🙏
Even having the same DNA doesn’t make you family. Family is with those who you feel you physically and emotionally safe with. Where you truely belong
So true!
So true. Hallelujah for all does souls that are foster parents n adoption ❤❤❤❤🦋🦋🦋🦋💙💙
Love and devotion is the only thing that makes a family ❤
As a mother I pray that all of the kids in foster care experience this type of love in their lifetime ❤
having adopted a child myself, . what a blessing and a joy, i even forget i didn't give birth to her. ❤
I know right 😅. I have always wanted to become a foster parent or adopted a boy , since my kids are getting older now. That's what my Aunt did for many years 😃. I just hate that you have to pay out so much 💸 just for adoption and court fees 😒😔.
@@patbrown8412Hi, was it hard to adopt your daughter? 😒
Even if you weren't a mother you should still want this for other children. It's so weird to say "as a mother" when people who aren't parents still want this for the children of foster care. Saying "as a mother" is only applicable when it's relevant. Like, "as a mother," "I suggest doing this for a clogged nose."
@@dontworryaboutit4255 you’re really doing too much ,if you’ve never been a mother you can’t know what I mean, never once did I say only mothers want that for kids but I know what a mother does and feels and based on that perspective I pray that the kids in foster care experience this type of love! I meant what I said and said what I meant. I didn’t say that people who don’t have kids are better or worse but I can’t speak for them or feel from their perspectives only mine and I’m a mother Period !
That little smush would steal anyone’s heart. Enjoy all the moments of parenting him. It’s such a gift. ❤
OMG! I can see why you fell madly in love with that baby!
He is precious and you all are so blessed. ❤
Remember, you’ve been chosen.
This baby has such a kind face. I like the parts where he was smiling.
His little suit is what did it for us 😍😍
@@MajicallyNews that kind, intelligent face is what makes me think he'll be a great man one day. If you look back to all the great people of the world, they all have that kind/intelligent face no matter what nationality they are. And with his special situation I think if you teach him about compassion and love for others is what is going to turn him into someone who can change the world.
@@MajicallyNews the white shirt one (where he was sitting on the couch) and the grey shirt one (sitting in the bouncy chair) is what got me noticing him. his smile has an amazingly bright feeling behind it. His face gives off a warm, truthworthy, and friendly feeling.
He does look so sweet and kind, glad his parents also look kind and sweet, perfect match🙏❤
Same so cute
Years ago when I was still a nurse, I looked after an elderly lady who had fostered over 100 kids. I’ve never seen anyone have so many visitors. It left such an impression on me, her capacity for love and what the kids (now adults) had for her. What a legacy. Fostering and adoption is beautiful.
I am in foster care and my foster parents have had 68 foster kids I'm number 65.
@@mystiesharp1087 I hope your post means that you have a great foster family, whose loving, and supporting you like family should ❤️
@@mystiesharp1087 that’s really incredible. I hope you feel safe, loved and special.
Wow, being able to make beautiful memories and give love to kids who need it the most! She sounds like an Angel!!
I had as well an elderly patient (101 years old) that he has fostered with his wife 114 children in total and I will never forget him....what a beautiful soul... ❤
He looks like a mischievous little fella. Those are the best kids.
This true story brought tears to my eyes. Alright Donovan! What beautiful parents! Bless you! 🎉
Years ago, I remember a child-less friend who decided to adopt a baby. Her first attempt fell through when the mother changed her mind. She and her husband were devastated but decided to push on. A week later, she got a call from a social services worker who said that there was a newborn baby who was put up for adoption. She called me excited and wanted to go get the baby. I told my boss and had their blessing to take my friend and get the baby as her husband couldn't leave work just yet. When we got to the nursery, the baby was in a crib asleep. He suddenly woke up and stared at HER even though both of us were standing there. The baby just suddenly SMILED and I could tell he KNEW she was his MOM. 30+ years later, she's a grandma/grandpa and the rest is history...... It is possible to love a child even if not created initially in your body but throughout your life.
Aww children really do pick ther parents no matter what portal they use 💫
@@Reign8110 Beautiful summary.... Thanks.
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I really loved your story. Thank you. God bless!!🙏 ❤
@@kristyhenson7725 Loved to share it.... !!
As an adopted child myself... thank you.
Same here.
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Ditto ❤
born babies are born under the heart while adopted babies are born in the heart of moms.
@@ElCid48 What a beautiful way to describe it. 😍 Thank you
How precious! May God continue blessing this beautiful family! 🙏 ❤
What an adorable little man. He already knows how much he is wanted and loved. Such a precious gift each to the other❤❤❤
My Dad adopted me. He’s even on birth certificate as my birth Father. I Love My Dad! Best Dad ever!!!
RIP Dad I Love You… 🩵
May he rest in peace, and you were very lucky to have this angel on your side!
@@yayacar-sil5452 Thank you so much 😊 I was so lucky he was my best friend 🤗
Same 😢 I miss him
@@angilcox5206 I’m so sorry sweetheart. I know how you feel. My Dad died back in 2006 and his birthday is April 6 which has been such a sad reminder to me. Until almost 4 years ago when my Beautiful and Wonderful Grand Daughter was born on my Dad’s Birthday! Now April 6 is a Good Day again and I celebrate with my family and we include my Dad too. 🥰
My story too! He’s now 18 and still such a joy. Brilliant. Taught himself classical
Piano, German and anything else he puts his mind too. I thank God for him everyday!
God bless you and him everyday.
So happy that there are people like u ...really appreciate u for ur good deeds
May all of us always in excellent health! ♥💖
Bravo…Ms Whitehead…Wonderful job & May the Almighty bless you with every step you take…❤️👍
Beautiful family! Gave me happy tears!
We need more people with such kindness in this world.
Thank you folks.
He looks like a baby doll. He also has a lot of personality.
That has to be one of the cutest babies of all time. 🥲🥲
Oh my God I would take him in a second if the hospital called me😂❤❤❤❤ God bless this beautiful little peanut
Agreed!!❤️
Took the words right out of my mouth! He is just precious!! 🥰💕
He is very cute isn't he? ❤
Right?? ❤️
I always say any woman can be a mother, but not every woman can be a parent. Respect to this couple.
Omg! Congrats! Donovan is soooo darn cute! What a blessing! God Is so WONDERFUL ❤❤❤
I've never been a mum BUT how could anyone not fall in love with this child. He is going to be a great man.
I'm adopted and now I care for my 92 year old adoptive Mother. Amazing how God does things and makes them come full circle... Congrats 👏 👏 👏 👏
Thank you for reading and responding and the likes. I let Mom read them she smiled, cried and told me she loves me. God bless all of you😭❣️
Darf ich dich bitte etwas fragen?
Hast du deine richtigen Eltern kennengelernt?
Omg same here! Except my adoptive mom is in her 80s now. When I was a child alone in this world and had no one she took me in loved me, protected me and never treated me as anything less than her daughter. I look forward to returning all that kindness and love. True family is not found in blood it is found in the heart.💗
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THATS BEAUTIFUL GOD ANF JESUS LOVES YOU!!🙏💕MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR MOTHER!!
You are too great, stay always blessed for taking care of your mom
everyone says all babies are cute .. But that little boy is litterally ADORABLE . He is going to have such a blessed life
Such a chubby little cutie
Not me. I've seen a lot of ugly babies in my time but this one...is certainly not one of them! 😊
i dont particularly like babies or kids. and i definitely don't think all babies are cute but donovan is SO CUTE!!! holy!! i just wanted to pinch his cheeks! what a blessed boy! i hope nothing but good things for him in his life with his family!
He is brown and his mother is white??????
@@at-mg7rn and that’s a problem why??
look at him in his little suit. 😭 such a refined little gentleman
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Was just going to say the same thing but alas it has already been said 🙈🥰
He looks so smart in that tiny little suit - who even makes suits that are so small?! I guess you’re never too young to make a good impression 🥹🙈
Handsome little man ❤ and distinguished ❤❤❤
Got his big boy outfit on and everything. Ready to do things while looking adorable
Refined, happy and free🥺🤎🤎🤎🤎
Everything I see a child get adopted I tear up
EVERY TIME!!!
I'm crying like a baby right now!
He's just so precious!! Congratulations on such a beautiful son! He's a true treasure!
Thank you so much for adopting that little boy. One day he will make you both proud. Teach him morals and values and they will never depart from him. May God bless you guys.
Every child deserves a loving home! The joy in her face is real!
I'm not crying, there's just something in my eyes. 👀
Yep I got goosebumps
Same
Sure Jan 🙂
I’m not crying, I just got some eyes in my eyes and now they’re melting 🫠
@@Emiliapocalypse Me too! Who’s cutting onions? 😭❤️😭❤️ #FAMILY!❤️
Omg he's such a sweetheart ❤❤❤ so happy he has a sweet family... gosh.. got me sobbing 😭
Who couldn't bond with him absolutely precious adorable.
I just broke down crying. I was only five but I can still remember clearly the moment when they told me my brother was going to stay with us forever..
And i just broke down crying after read your comment 🥺
my car just broke down reading ur comment🥺
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Edit: wow likes❤️😍😍 thanks guys 🙏😁🤗
@@flyingkitty9977lol😂🤣
@@flyingkitty9977 Geez Louise!! Same as my blender... 😩🤭🤣
I was adopted at 6 months old. I literally don't remember anything of it, but it was the best day of my life
So it was all worse from then on?
@@tentaklaus9382 I wouldn't say so. Adoption itself is beautiful, but the trauma set in once I got older
@@novacaine8331 If the first day was the best day then logically that makes every day after worse.
@@tentaklaus9382 It's not that deep though lol
@@novacaine8331 Was pretty simple and I just re-iterated what you said but added logic.
He is adorable! Thankyou for loving him! God Bless 🙏🏾
Love him everyday, even if he screws up sometime. I lost my son 37 yrs old in 2021, so from my heart, just love him, that's all he needs. And hug him as much as you can.
He's adorable God bless him with a loving home keep him safe .
ALLAH/God teaches love…ALLAH is love…. Everything else is just peoples perception and whatever perspective they deem fit for their lifestyle.. both of those concepts clouds the truth but one (perspective) if you using the last messenger’s perspective, which he shows you divine literature, given to him by ALLAH. You will always win. from Isa mouth Matt 4:4 " It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"…. The Bible also teaches you who the devil is…but you must choose to follow the last messenger or die with these devils, loving and believing everything they give.
Fr 💜
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Amen
AMIN....AMIN...AMIN....YA RABBI!!!!!!
That has got to be one of the cutest kids I've ever seen in my entire life.
for real, I am not a baby person and I thought that too
Sooooo cute!
He is absolutely beautiful 😍
Yes! I agree
Adorable
I JUST CRIED SO HARD. That baby boy.. is so, so precious
He is just too sweet. Now he belongs to a beautiful family. Absolutely awesome.❤
I was put in foster care with my 3 other siblings. My sister and I stayed together and we were put in the same home with my future mom, a single lady in her mid 50's. She was always going to adopt us but the state asked her to adopt my younger brothers too. SHE SAID YES! We got to stay together after 2 years of being apart. It's been 20 years since she started fostering us and almost 18 years since adoption day. I call my mom all the time. She was there for my college graduation, the birth of my son, and any other time that I needed her. She is my rock and you will be his too. I love stories like this. You are changing his life and I know this from personal experience. You are an incredible person just like my mom. You are so wonderful and I hope you get everything in life.
I’m so happy for you and your family.
You sound pretty wonderful yourself! What a lucky lady to get to be your mom. Much love to you and your family.
Wow! That touched my heart!
God bless you and your family
God bless you and your family 🙏
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I love this. Thank you for loving and adoption a black child. They are the hardest to get placed let alone adopted. Love is color blind. Please continue to share your story and journey.
Thank you, just thank you for changing the path of this young man's life. We know he changed yours, too. Love changes lives
This baby boy is so beautiful and precious- God Bless Mom , Dad and Donovan ❤️
Hell. Yes. I adore people like you.
I was never adopted…to those of us who aged out of the system, y’all know what it does to one’s soul. It’s not something you are ever fully healed from,
Thank you for saving him. Thank you to any decent adoptive parent out there. You are the real mvps.
I just watched a video before this one where a little girl asked her mother where HER own mothers mom was (grandma). The mother explained that she doesn't know because her own mother didn't want her. The daughter went "Ooooooh no! I want you!"
You could see that woman's inner child healed before your very eyes. I hope EVERYONE in your position gets that kind of healing. In a way, somebody in this world wants you even if it wasn't a parent or potential parent. (Some people's parents pass away which lands kids in foster care so I'm including the potential parents who look to adopt instead of assuming all kids are "unwanted" by their bio parents).
Family is neither by blood nor marriage but of the heart. And I hope you have the family you wish. Much ❤ to you!
@@chihirosen6996 Oh my goodness . This reminds me of what I said to my mother when I was around 6 when she talked about being abandoned by her mother. I said "Don't worry, mommy, you have us now." At that time I didn't understand why she repeated to many people what I said. Thanks to your comment, at the now ripe age of 65, I realize it was a healing for her. Thank you.
@@deva190 You did good. Humans are herd animals. Meaning we rely on one another regardless how we feel about the human race. Even the most antisocial of us look for love. It's an innate understanding in our nature that love makes the world go round.
I aged out and I feel like a forever orphan
@@TonioutloudIt’s heartbreaking to hear you say that. I truly hope you heal one day.❤
I pray every foster child is blessed with a forever loving home!🥹
He's so ADORABLE! What a BEAUTIFUL family! ❤️🥰God bless you ALL!
You can tell by his face and expressions he is somebody special. Thank you for giving this baby a chance to shine
The baby is adorable, I pray that all babies will find love like this.
That baby smile broke me. Adorable.
Isn’t he, just the sweetest little fellow❤❤❤
He's soooooo stinking cute!!!❤❤❤ GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!
He looked at you with love as soon as he saw you. And with a smile. He is full of love!! 💕 💗 💕
As an adopted person myself, can I just say Thank You so much 💜
Sending you lots of love ❤️❤️
My fiancé and I want to adopt in the future so badly any tips for future parents?
@@ruthosornio7779 just honesty and if/when your child wishes to try and find and contact their birth parents don’t take it as a criticism of you and how you have parented them. Sadly my parents were poorly advised and I found out by accident at 14 years old and it sent me a little bit off of the rails for a few years and made me question every relationship I have had ever since. I knew that they loved me but I became very angry resentful and still now at 53 years old have terrible trust issues. Things were different 53 years ago we didn’t have access to the records like we do now and I think they were just hoping that they never had to tell me and when I found out accidentally they had just as much of a knee jerk reaction that I did and said things that really shouldn’t have been said. So in my own personal opinion and experience I would say to bring them up knowing that they are adopted and why if known they were adopted out and why you wanted to adopt children. They have been gone nearly 10 years now and I miss them so much and am only sorry that finding out how I did made me very difficult to love for so long, but they did and I owed them so much. Good luck with your future family 💜
@@nickyphoenix2470 thank you! And I'm thinking of adopting older, but being honest with everything sounds very good!
Same here!
Seeing him in his little suit with his fist in the air gave me all the feels! Two years ago my nephew was officially adopted. My sister was fostering and she picked him up at the hospital at six days old, and he was technically a foster kid for the first three years of his life even though he’s always been ours. Congratulations to this beautiful family!
Does it take that long to adopt a child? 2-3 years? If so why? Congratulations to your sister.
@@cory1800ost foster situations are required to have a period of time where the state allows the parents to get the children back upon completion of their plan. That can be anywhere from a year or 2 depending on the circumstances. Then the actual adoption process requires a year of monitoring and check ins to make sure the child is adjusting and that there is no issues or second guesses. Then the court dates to finalize it all can take months to be set.
@@ItsBrit
Thanks, I always wondered why it took a while.
All the feels? I bet I know what type of plantation overseer you finally got the melanin you’ve been looking for feelings it gave you. It’s disgusting quite frankly. And I feel sorry for that baby. A life of not knowing who he really is or anything about where he comes from. Will be an outsider to my ppl and an ally to his enemies
@@walkingintruthknowledge7418 wow . Maybe taling a look at why you think his "people" would view him as an outsider and why you view people that are different than you as enemies. You have no idea what his story is. Or wht he was put in foster care in the first place. And if you personally believe only the same race can raise a child of said race maybe go thru the process to become of a foster parent, take on those children, and then go through the long process of adopting them as well, instead of shaming and degrading the woman that opened her home and heart up to give him a chance at knowing what safety and love is. Otherwise you sound like a hypocritical keyboard watrior that just wants to complain but not truly bring about change.
The Tears rolled Down my Face unexpectedly, God Bless you! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you 🙏 for being the loving parents and just darn good folks !!!! He is precious and all babies need LOVE 💗!!!
In 1998 we lost our adopted daughter in a auto accident. In 2004 we started fostering another child, a boy. Because of my Cancer we were denied our application to adopt. My Wife advised our son for him to write a letter to the Family court Judge, he accepted the application, that child now graduated from high school, ready to join the Marines. My Cancer return we tell our son "NOT TO WORRY FOR HIM TO GO ON WITH HIS LIFE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK". God BLESSED us with this child.
#GodBlessYou✝️🛐❤!
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@PansyF SCIENCE HAS BEEN TRYING TO DISPROFF OF GOD EXISTENCE, AND HOW THIS UNIVERSE CAME ABOUT. NO ONE HAS ACCOMPLISH ANY RESEARCH SAYING GOD DOESN'T EXISTENCE.
God Bless you and your family
God speed healing! Congrats! He will make a fine Marine!
He is a doll baby 🥰🥹❤️🙏🏼May God bless this little sweetheart and his family every day!
Every child deserves a loving home. Congratulations on the adoption.
Thank God , he will be loving cared for by this gracious, grateful family.
Damn I'm in tears. Congratulations. Continue to raise an extraordinary young man
Oh my gosh, the transition from that beautiful little chubby face to a handsome little man in his 3-piece suit is so incredibly precious. What a beautiful family ❤️
That’s what I said!
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I'm sitting in the parking lot of home Depot crying. Damn this was beautiful ♥️
So damn beautiful 😍
Me too 🤣😊 lol
@@tomatomodel01 🤣🤣 this one hit hard🤣
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Just checking in you. Are you still in the parking lot crying?
That’s an amazing phone call! No questions asked, yes, most certainly YES to adopting the sweet baby. Be blessed family!💕🙏🏾
This made me cry, laugh and happy all at the same time. That baby saw mom and dad. He did not see color. I wish the rest of the world was built like this family here. Awesome story we need more stories like this. Luv it❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
As a women of color, I am so happy he is in a loving home with parents that adore 🥰
I came to the comments fully expecting at least one negative comment. My hope im humanity is restored.
@@cassidyclark8319 seems a bit weird on your part looking for that negativity
@Xolovenicole you get used to there always being some snarky comments on any videos on youtube sadly
@@cassidyclark8319 I'm sure the negative comments were made. But the poster likely removes them or has filters on that block most of them
@@xolovenicole She wasn’t LOOKING for it, just bracing herself for the possibility that there would probably be some. It happens unfortunately.
It is a blessing that this child went straight to his family.
Right!
Amen 🙏
Thank you, kind people, for helping renew my hope in our species.
Love always wins!!!…..GOD Bless this family.👍🏽💯❤️🤎🥰
I tried for 17 years to be a mom. When we realized it wouldn't happen in my body, we found an adoption agency. 2 months after we were approved, we got the call that there was a 4 day old baby girl about to be released from the hospital, the bio parents chose you, please come pick up your daughter! She is the best thing that ever happened to me and my husband and I am thankful every day for her.
❤ Oh my goodness, praise God and I'm so happy for you both and may God bless you all ✝️🙏❤️
Beautiful story ❤ God bless you and your family 🙏🏾💖 congratulations 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎉🎉
May god bless you all❤
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Wow, I'm not a woman, but I can't imagine 17 years of trying to be a mom not feeling almost like a torture. 😢 So good that in the end you got to raise a baby.
He looks like a college professor that everyone would have high respect and hold in high regard
Beautiful! What a blessing and precious child! 🤗🕊️🙏❤️🕯️
WHAT A WONDERFUL BLESSING!! TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THIS YOUNG MAN
He is literally one of the cutest babies i had ever seen 😻 look at that smile!
Yes 👏🏽❤️
No cap.
Ikr
Took my comment! That smile!
Yes
This makes my heart happy to see he's so loved. One day I will be adopting my own kids. I've dreamt of being a an adoptive mom my whole life.
The world needs more people like u 💕
Same also want to be a sarrogate for people who can't get pregnant! (Sorry don't know how to spell the word)
That's so beautifulto hear Candace! Sounds like you were born to be a mother. May God bless you and the kids you're meant to raise with abundant grace and peace! 🕊🌹🙏🏿
That's amazing.
Honorable thing to do! As an adoptee, I can tell you, you are amazing 👏🏾
So Beautiful!! Thank you for giving him a family!! He will never be without ❤❤❤
Having been adopted myself, I see the ABSOLUTE JOY on all of your faces and I CELEBRATE WITH YOU! Many Blessings, Light and Love will follow your steps through life Beautiful Souls!!! ☀️💖🙏
As a Black woman, I see an awesome family in love with their sweet little son.
Girl i cant stop crying, this is soo beautiful 😩🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
@Amber Huckaby amen 💜💜💜
He's absolutely precious! Congratulations on making y'all officially family. ❤
Unspoken reasons my youngest son was adopted by a very loving black foster mom
We have a good relationship
I'm so thankful for her
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God
What a cutie patootie baby. So good to see a child well loved and cared for. Giving birth and being good parents are not mutually exclusive, so it feels so right when people who genuinely want to be a mum and dad, be such doting ones.
I'm not a " baby person"
But his little face melted my heart .you just wanna Squeeze those chubby cheeks and could look at him for hours . 😊
What a precious story! He looks like an old soul…God bless you and your sweet family!!
I wish this for all children caught up in the foster system. Love is all they want ❤
Sadly, most of them will never experience this. People want to adopt infants and toddlers; they rarely even consider older children.
It’s better for children to be reunified with their bio parents or placed with family. Their emotional outcomes are better.
@@sunshine91671came to say smth like this. Work with yp in care and the generational trauma in some families makes this impossible to achieve. Put children where they will receive the love and nurturing they deserve, regardless of blood-ties.
My pessimistic Debbie downer part says why is foster even a problem in this very rich country… literally we have enough people who claim that they (we) are followers of Christ… so many that if we as a collective decided tomorrow to end the need for a foster care system within a year or however long it would take to certify and be qualified the entire population of foster children would be in homes that supposedly are loving and nurturing according to the book 📖 we claim we follow… we could completely eliminate the system as we know it today … if we did what the book says.!!!
@@markarnold933 bc it says more about Christianity that humanity. Some of the worst people I've known and biggest hypocrites I've ever come across will claim g0d as their saviour. And most of the kindest, honest, respectful and giving humans are the one's your so called children of g0d denounce as being sinners. Religion doesn't solve the worlds problems.
Not a parent, but this made me bawl my eyes out on a random Monday morning.
Monday evening for me!
Fr. Me too 😊🥰🥹
The same, in a random Wednesday.
May Allah bless this family❤
Me on a Tuesday evening crying😂
So precious❣️🌈🥰
All I feel is the Love of his parents and the love he feels from them❣️❣️❣️
GOD please protect them ‼️🕊🕊🕊
So beautiful & heartwarming! Blessings!!!
I was adopted, and my wonderful parents made my wonderful life possible. Adoptions are truly one of the most selfless acts. It's not about blood, it's about love.
Love sees no color, no age,
U r so right❤❤
I totally agree
Im approaching 40 with no kids. This video is making think about adoption ❤❤❤❤
Same! My dad was an awesome dad and the best example of a father and husband!
He doesn't even look like a real infant. He looks like a baby doll. SO cute!
Beautiful beautiful and precious little boy. He is so lucky to have you!!!
This one makes my cry every time. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cuter child tbh.
A MOM IS NOT DEFINED BY BLOOD OR GIVN BIRTH,BUT BY WHO IS THERE WHEN THEIR SICK& MILESTONES,LOVING HIM UNCONDITIONALLY ❤️
So true, a mother is the one that raises the child
That is why it is Mother’s Day not birthers day
As an adoptee shouldn’t adoption be about us more and less about erasing where we are from our ancestry because if we are lucky our adoptive parents understood your humanity as a human not as theirs
Exactlyb
Of course it is. He has a black mother.
The tears on this mother’s face and the joy in this father’s eyes say it all. The child is lucky to have parents who love him.😍😊
Yeah.This made my Eyes get wet.😔😪
Omg- I am So happy for you and him that you were destined for each other. Tears of love and joy. Peace
Dad was crying too. So sweet
It sure does say it all if only there were more people with the kindest hearts in the world it would be a better place
Not like his negga parent who dumped him 🦧🦧
I have chills. Precious boy. Beautiful blessing❤
My son is 4.5 years old now... I've had him since he was in the NICU at 8 days old. On October 26th, 2021 he became my legal son. I understand what you feel, I've been there myself. We are now only weeks away of adopting our 8 year old daughter, she has been in and out of our home since she was 18 months old. We have an amazing family! Congratulations to you, your husband and to little Donovan ❤️ much love from Canada 🇨🇦
God bless you and your family. This world needs more you and your husband
Wishing your family a lot of loveA
family is a bond and love NOT DNA
Thank you for sharing your story, dear one. You are truly blessed. Sending you and your beautiful family love, light, peace and strength from Sarasota Florida. 🙏💚☀️✌️💪✝️💯♥️
4.5 old lol no one gives a shit
anyone who adopts children and really cares for them are special people! super hero's in my opinion
Thank you birthmom for NOT killing him! Bless both moms!