I know I’m only twenty-two, but the one thing foster care did teach me was the difference between a house and a home. I’ve lived in a lot of houses. Came and went. Hated and loved. But Samuel and Rhys? They are unequivocally my home. I’ve never felt more settled, more supported, and more me than I do with them. Sometimes I think I may have lost my hearing, but I gained them, and there is no sound in the world that I need more than I need them.

