Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.
McKenzi is an affectionate, outgoing 11-year-old girl of Caucasian descent. McKenzi loves to cook, swim, paint, watch television, play with her dolls, collect Shopkins, and spend quality time with her friends.
McKenzi’s favorite food is macaroni and cheese. Her favorite athlete is Michael Phelps and her favorite singer is Ke$ha! When she grows up, McKenzi’s dream is to become a professional chef.
People who are close to McKenzi say she is hard working, caring, and a good role model to others.
McKenzi is a sixth-grade student who does well in school and works at grade level. Her favorite subjects are art and math. McKenzi likes going to school because she enjoys learning and getting to socialize with her friends.
Legally free for adoption, McKenzi’s ideal family would consist of one or two moms, with no other children in the home. Her social worker believes McKenzi could thrive in any type of family, therefore she will consider any family that is interested. McKenzi hopes her forever family will be caring, understanding, and provide structure and a consistent daily routine. McKenzi maintains bi-monthly visits with her birth mother and siblings. These visits are extremely important to McKenzi and should continue once a placement is identified.
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.’’
