Like most kids his age, 14-year-old Darrious is looking forward to high school. He says he even hopes to play football and run track. But unlike most kids his age, what Darrious hopes for most is a family, and a place to call home. He is currently in foster care and lives with other foster kids in a group home.
He recently went on his local news channel WXII in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in the hopes that someone might see his story and want to adopt him. His gregarious, outgoing personality shines through in the interview.
Darrious, who has a wide, beautiful smile, had just had a special treat: spending the day with a police officer at the Greensboro Public Safety Training facility. After riding in a patrol car, hearing the siren, and learning how to give a proper handshake from Lt. Ryan Todd, he got ready for his on-camera interview. He says he wants to become a police officer or firefighter one day to save lives. But first, he’s got to get through his childhood, and Darrious would really like to finish it out with a family of his own. When asked how he would feel if he got adopted, he says, “Happy, because I would have a home and have people that love me.”
If that doesn’t cut your heart in two, I don’t know what will.
Describing himself to the local news reporter, Darrious said “I am kind and lovable and always hyper. Always hyper.” He also said that he’s always happy, and that being happy is “just his thing.”
Watching his interview, you can’t help but hope that Darrious can be more than happy one day: that one day soon he can have what every child deserves: a loving home with loving parents.
According to the ChildWelfare.gov, there are over 391,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, and that is a national tragedy. If you want to learn more about Darrious or are interested in learning how to become his forever family, you can contact the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina. God bless you, Darrious, I pray you find your forever home!
