Christi Patterson / IndyStar / Facebook Age 24 Woman Adopted by Her Former School Resource Officer: 'I Really Wanted a Mom' She was 24 but she still wanted a mom, so she asked a former school resource officer if her family would consider adopting her. They did. By Amanda Thomason January 1, 2019
Ethan Kirby / Twitter screen shot Watch Moment Family Asks Little Boy on Christmas To Join Their Family Forever Carter got the best Christmas present a boy could ask for: his first real Christmas and a family to call his own. By Amanda Thomason December 29, 2018
Pets by Nature / Facebook Sweet Senior Dog Without Nose Waiting To Find Forever Home Instead of meeting someone else's ideals, he has created his own and now hundreds are offering to adopt this noseless, little, old dog. By Amanda Thomason December 28, 2018
Erin Hanson / Facebook Watch Tearful Moment 38-Year-Old Man Comes Face to Face with Married Birth Parents A tearful reunion 38 years in the making came to the home Steve Stansfield when he was able to hug his birth parents for the first time. By Sarah Carri December 26, 2018
TBS / YouTube screen shot) Shelter Dogs Have Priceless Reaction to Magic Show Put on Just for Them An animal shelter teamed up with a magician to highlight adoptable dogs and deliver a daily dose of laughter at the same time. By Amanda Thomason December 21, 2018
Honor Animal Rescue / Facebook screen shot Animals Looking for Forever Homes After Shelter Left Completely Flooded An unexpected storm hit the shelter on Thursday and put the shelter under several inches of water, but tons of volunteers showed up to help. By Amanda Thomason December 21, 2018
Syda Productions / Shutterstock Gov't Threatens To Close Adoption Agency Because They Only Consider Homes With Traditional Families This is liberal bureaucracy that's out of control. By Karista Baldwin December 20, 2018
ABC 10 screen shot Seven Siblings Adopted by Couple Just Before Christmas: 'We Get Our Own Beds' These siblings wanted something simple: a family. Now they say that being adopted was the best Christmas present ever. By Amanda Thomason December 17, 2018
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Consumer Protection Group Campaigns To Rename Street ‘PETA Kills Ave’ The group euthanized 1,428 animals in 2016 and placed only 44 animals with adoptive families, the report shows. By Grace Carr December 6, 2018
TODAY / YouTube screen shot Two Families Learn Their Fathers Were Switched at Birth Years After Their Death Alice Plebuch took a DNA test on a whim in 2012. But when the results came back, she discovered something shocking: Her genetic heritage didn’t match her family’s background. By Loren Eaton December 5, 2018