Foster Family Takes In A Boy No One Wants To Adopt, Then They Discover His True Colors

Growing up is hard enough as it is — throw in a lack of a stable home, and things become a thousand times more difficult. For 10-year-old Andrew, a life spent bouncing around the foster system was really no life at all, and as families passed on him time and time again, he couldn't help but spiral further into despair. But after Dominique and Kevin Gill decided to take a chance on the troubled boy, they revealed a different side of Andrew that would soon change their lives forever.

Meeting Andrew

In 2018, Dominque and Kevin decided they were interested in fostering Andrew. They lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and were empathetic to the poor kid's struggle. Andrew had been in the foster system since he was just six years old, and for four years, he was shuffled between homes.

Left behind

With his biological parents' legal rights now terminated, the 10-year-old was facing another decade of fostering, though there was another sad factor that only made his situation more difficult. "Andrew has four siblings and they were all adopted right away," Dominique revealed. This only made the Gills want to open their home to Andrew even more.

Closed up

Yet once Andrew arrived, he had an incredibly difficult time adjusting. "During his first week with us, he sat in his room with the door closed and looked at old pictures," Dominique shared. "He didn't want to talk." The 10-year-old had an extremely traumatic past and was carrying quite the emotional burden.

Carrying trauma

Though Andrew was now in a caring space, it wasn't as if his past would magically disappear. He'd been hurt as his siblings were adopted. He'd been hurt by his biological parents. Having experienced so much abandonment, Andrew had a lengthy recovery ahead of him. Sadly, his situation wasn't unique.