{"id":2668,"date":"2023-09-12T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:44:33","slug":"12-year-old-boys-dream-comes-true-after-hes-adopted-by-his-best-friends-family-congratulations-andrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=2668","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old boy\u2019s dream comes true after he\u2019s adopted by his best friend\u2019s family \u2013 congratulations, Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data from the Children\u2019s Bureau reveals that over 424,000 children are in foster care nationwide, with nearly 8,000 in Tennessee alone, seeking reunification with their families or a loving forever home. Shockingly, there are less than 4,000 foster families available in the state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-768x653.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew, a 12-year-old boy from Nashville, was one of these kids, moving from one family to another throughout his young life. However, his life took a heartwarming turn when he found a special foster family, the Gills. The Gills, who already had a son named Joc, watched Andrew and Joc quickly become the best of friends.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the strong bond between the boys, Kevin and Dominique Gill decided to make it official and filed adoption papers, making Andrew a part of their family. Andrew was overjoyed when he learned the news while walking in the park with Molly Parker, an employee at Youth Villages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/232312321.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just turned around the corner and saw everybody,\u201d said Andrew. \u201cThey asked \u2018will you?\u2019 and I said \u2018yeah!&#8217;\u201d These best friends are now brothers, a beautiful outcome in the world of foster care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data from the Children\u2019s Bureau reveals that over 424,000 children are in foster care nationwide, with nearly 8,000 in Tennessee alone, seeking reunification with their families&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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