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Adoption Day: Giving Thanks for "Forever Families"

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014   

LANSING, Mich. - There is much to be thankful for this year for more than 100 Michigan children who will officially be welcomed into "forever families" on Tuesday as the state celebrates its 12th annual Adoption Day.

Alpena County Probate Judge Thomas LaCross is one of a number of judges around the state who will open their courtroom to the public so others can see what foster care and adoption "really look like." That includes finalizing the adoption of an older child with severe physical and mental disabilities, who LaCross says has amazed even his doctors since finding his "forever family."

"Love can do that," says LaCross. "I know he's in an environment where he is loved and where he is able to love himself."

There are currently more than 12,000 children in Michigan's foster care system, with at least 3,000 looking for a permanent home.

LaCross says too many people mistakenly believe they don't have the time, energy, or resources to foster or adopt a child, but he says the only quality needed is the ability to see beyond oneself.

"Once they get outside themselves and their primary focus is meeting someone else's needs, they don't become superhuman," he says. "But they become so much better, if you will."

LaCross says with so many children in the state in need of loving homes, he hopes Michiganders will remember the adage, "It takes a village to raise a child."

"We take care of our kids, and that's what Adoption Day really is: that by hook or by crook, we'll take care of our children," he says. "We just will."

More information on foster care and the adoption process in Michigan is on the Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange website at www.mare.org.


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