Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or children currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Anthony and Brycen are brothers of Caucasian descent.

Anthony, 12, is a sensitive, shy child who loves boats and going to the playground. Anthony also loves Michael Jackson’s music. In addition to knowing many of his songs by heart, he has also learned how to dance like him!

Anthony likes to play soccer and has worked hard on his game skills.

Brycen is an intuitive 5-year old boy who is said to be spunky and active. He is also a fast learner. Brycen enjoys playing on the swings, running, riding his bike, and swimming.

Legally freed for adoption, Brycen and Anthony have an older sibling and grandfather they visit with monthly. There is a court order for at least two visits per year post-adoption. Any interested family will also need to be open to post-adoption visitation with their birth parents. Their social worker is seeking an experienced two parent family that is willing to meet the boy’s needs.

Who can adopt?

Can you provide the guidance, love, and stability that a child needs? If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income, and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child.

Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ singles and couples.

The process to adopt a child from foster care requires training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you, and if so, to help connect you with a child or sibling group that your family will be a good match for.

To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) at 617-964-6273 or visit www.mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call home.’’