An adopted teen sees 1st birthday cake ever of his life. When his mom walked in with the cake, being surrounded by his new forever family and seeing the cake, the teen could not control his emotions.
Adopted Teen Sees 1st Birthday Cake, Gets Emotional
An adopted teen sees 1st birthday cake of his life and gets emotional. It’s an experience he never felt before. On top of this he was surrounded by his now forever family.
The teen years are already a difficult time with all the physical and hormonal changes, and being an adopted teenager is more of a challenge. Apart from dealing with the body changes, you have to adjust to the family changes as well.
Adopted Teen Sees 1st Birthday Cake, Spends Birthday With New Forever Family
This is the story of brothers who came from Sierra Leone, James and Abraham. They were adopted by a family from North Carolina.
Jamie and Joe Walker have four children of their own, but they wanted to add the two brothers into their family.
According to a report from WCNC, Joe first met the brothers while he was on a trip to Sierra Leone to visit his friend who had started an orphanage.
Adopted Teen Sees 1st Birthday Cake
Joe And The Boys Bonded Instantly
Joe and the boys connected instantly and kept in touch through Skype. He even went back to meet the boys again. That’s when he decided he had to adopt the boys. He felt his family would also feel the same.
Back home, his wife and kids also agreed and they began the adoption process. But then the pandemic came in and the procedure had to stop. Finally in October 2021, the family officially adopted the brothers.
A Totally New Experience For Abraham
Abraham’s birthday comes in May. His new family decided to surprise him with a birthday cake.
As Jamie walked in with the cake, Abraham was out of words as he was filled with emotions. Speaking to the Queen City News he said he never knew anything known as a birthday before. He never knew what it feels to see your cake or get a surprise like this.
Jamie wrote on her Facebook account, it dawned on them later on Abraham didn’t know what “make a wish” meant, they told him so he could redo it.
It’s really nice of the Walker family to have adopted the boys and given them a new life.
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