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hyrule_47

The little hearts they are holding up ❤️


LeatherBackRadio

My favorite part! And they're all unique! So adorable. Bet that was the highlight of the court staff's year Edit: no, my favorite part is still kids in the front row barely able to see


hyrule_47

I know the little eyes peeking


Old_Percentage3742

🥹


HermitGardner

They look like the little rascals… of love!!


Lanthemandragoran

I like to imagine them all sitting on phone books for a boost to complete the image


knsaber

I wish there were more events that gave us opportunities to hold up hearts on a stick to show support


amarij0y

Make your own heart on a stick days, be your own heart on a stick day fairy 😊


Pvt-Snafu

The kids are so great! This is incredible support.


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softpretzelsam

He's five. I didn't know any five year old that sits without moving in a chair.


The_Clarence

One of my kids used to just sit there, all normal and content with his thoughts. Weirded me the fuck out. I’ll probably work for him someday


cookiesarenomnom

Before covid, my niece was like that. As a toddler she could just sit in a seat on a bus, train, plane, ANYTHING, all quiet and for the most part still. I would take her on the train into Boston all the time and people would constantly comment to me how well she was behaved. It was so weird having complete strangers, Massholes even!, just strike up a conversation with me how quiet she was. Unfortunately covid killed that precious, well behaved girl. Now she has the attention span of a gold fish and gets irritated very easy. Fuck you quarantine.


Global-Business5263

Take another look at this post and imagine being the reader before the last two sentences.


geof2001

PHRASING!!


TarRebririon

I actually read until the third last sentence and I was like, that's sad Then I continued and WTF.


flowery0

?


ForsakenBobcat8937

huh?


DeepSeaMouse

My heart broke and then got very confused. Wow. That was ummm a choice.


dre224

I am confused? What am Im I missing . ?


chasters360

“Unfortunately COVID killed that precious, well behaved girl…” Thats what they are talking about. Sent people who read it wrong for a roller coaster of emotions


BaagiTheRebel

> Massholes What does that mean?


Flying_Hams

I had to google it. An asshole specific to Massachusetts apparently. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Masshole


Fujoooshi

Yeah Massachusetts people (especially Boston I think) have a reputation for being a certain type of “asshole” lol. Will help a stranger if their car is stuck in the snow while calling them an idiot for getting it stuck in the first place (exaggeration maybe but that’s just how people describe the vibe). We also won’t go out of our way to act friendly to people who aren’t actually our friends. We can also be very aggressive but skilled drivers due to Boston’s unique driving challenges (I personally can’t stand when people with out-of-state license plates drive like old geezers or look more at google maps than the road), which can come across as driving like an asshole. I personally don’t use it because I just don’t like the word, but my parents do sometimes. I also know this isn’t exclusive to people in Massachusetts but that’s just our reputation. I think it just comes from living in New England lolol. Source: from a family of native Bostonians going back generations.


cookiesarenomnom

I definitely don't think it applies to all New Englanders. They are certainly prickly for sure, but not rude. I grew up in central MA and people are just so rude and don't even use common curtesy. No pleases, thanks yous or your welcomes. I went up to VT, NH, ME all the time and everyone is so nice! I'm so grateful I had a southern grandmother because I got pinched a lot as a kid if I didn't use proper manners.


All_Up_Ons

Go watch Good Will Hunting.


madsbdads

I was like this. When I was too young for school my grandma would take me with her when she’d clean houses and I’d just sit on the couch and wait quietly.


KyrieEleison_88

Same. It was ✨ anxiety ✨


TheRealDingdork

My ADHD sometimes manifested like that. Just daydreaming for hours. But other days I'd be walking around and talking to myself rather than sit still. I really shouldn't have used past tense those are still my two modes lol.


HotFaithlessness1348

My adhd presents like this too! I’m either day dreaming or having an internal spiral because I need to do something. My 8 year old though, his makes him unable to sit still at all, kid is like fuckin sonic go go go go all the time


Q_S2

You already work for him technically lol


VoidRad

I am 24, I am unchanged, my posture is inevitable.


sator-2D-rotas

I’m 42 and still do that. Though excessive coffee consumption might have something to do with it.


UrbanExplorer101

If you cant hear colours your not caffeinating correctly.


squatsup3rstar

That explains the woman at my art group who is so good at describing art with sounds


Zestyclose-Gur-9989

Facts


MiniMonster05

That would have never flown in my house growing up, but I love how he feels comfortable enough to do it!


haw35ome

He excited bro give him some leeway... he's being adopted!!!


Nieeems

Game recognize game


Green_Issue_4566

Why does this take so long mommmmmm


Kazuma_weird_wizard

Bro is having the best day of is life, there's no way he can stay still


Big_Pound_7849

That is perfectly understandable, and I hope he had a nice day 😂


RedmannBarry

This is great!Sorta related but my 5th grade teacher got married that year and she invited the whole class and I’d say we all showed up. It was pretty neat. And I guess she like us.


4toTwenty

My whole class went to our 1st grade teacher’s wedding back in… oh fuck that was 1996 🥲


2twise

in 1998 my whole 1st grade class showed up at my dad's funeral.


chacha242242242

That must be a bittersweet memory for you.


anti_reality

I hope that's a good memory for you, in a weird way.  My father died when I was 4, and my mother sent me off to live with some cousins for a few weeks while she delt with the aftermath and burial.  Having a chance for my friends to be there for me probably would have saved me a lot of therapy to be honest.  I'm sorry for your loss though, at that age it's really hard.


elaboratebacon

My brother was in marching band when my dad was killed, the whole band showed up and played at the gravesite ceremony.


edutech21

How do y'all remember this shit lol. I genuinely remember very little before the age of like 8.


jw8ak64ggt

same! but back in 1991, she became my godmother shortly after, truly a gifted teacher, she still teaches the 1st grade!


iloveokashi

Did you guys behave? What did you guys wear? Formal clothing?


4toTwenty

Yeah! We all dressed up in our Sunday best and went to the ceremony. She was getting married not far from the elementary school so we all went to the church and i think one of the parents took us out for ice cream afterwards lol


iloveokashi

So you were not invited to the reception? It's still kinda cute you went for the ceremony.


rodinj

Oh damn I went to my teacher's wedding as well when I was that age, completely forgot that!


r_sparrow09

That’s so cool! My 1st grade teacher’s bf purposed to her in front of the whole class at assembly ! When they kissed we all went “ewwwwww!” 🤪 😇 the children were not invited to their wedding lol 


Scrambled1432

If I kissed my fiancee and recieved a unanimous, "ewwww!" from 30 kids, I'd demand a video. That would be an unimaginably funny, precious memory.


SporkFanClub

I can’t remember who it is specifically but there’s a somewhat popular tiktoker who’s almost a teacher and his most viewed video is of his parents walking him down the aisle at his wedding while he very very barely keeps it together and all of his students (I think he’s a high school teacher) were standing off to the side lol.


Eelroots

All in the front row, with only noses out. Adorable. God bless their hearts.


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mjh2901

Juvenile court judge is one of the most heartbreaking judicial jobs there is... judge is going to milk a good day for all its worth.


GreatLife1985

when we adopted our oldest, the judge said this exact thing... "in a sea of heartbreaking cases, it is wonderful to sit on this beautiful one"


nazdarovie

I guess we didn't appreciate this... We adopted our child from abroad so by the time we went before the judge to finalize the adoption we'd already been together for a couple months and saw it as more of a formality at that point. Thr judge seemed kinda disappointed? We dropped kiddo off at daycare and went back to work.


SmidgeMoose

😭😭😭 you weren't wrong


EntertainedRUNot

>they all made paper hearts to hold up So pretend I'm 5 and get a couple to adopt me, and everyone will show up to court with paper heart cutouts... Plan in motion!


TwentyfootAngels

You put away those dang onions RIGHT NOW-


JouliaGoulia

It made the whole court’s day, 100%. Family law courts are usually pits of human misery and despair, but adoption day is like a ray of light. If an adoptee’s whole class showed up, it must have cheered everyone up so much.


RoxanaNurse

Me too😥😥


the_last_carfighter

I object your honor! Crying on the witness!


bukowski_knew

Same. It's so sweet. I'll stop scrolling now. Leave on a high note


Bakedeggss

Not me I'm happy


UnhappyCaterpillar41

Hi Happy I'm Dad!


Puzzleheaded_Bank648

There are happiness tears, you might want to consider that not everyone's emotional experience is identical to your own.


One_Rough5369

Thank you for saying that. I have a lot of stories which should elicit your tears but I'm quite busy at the moment, do you mind just taking my word for this and crying? I promise I'll follow up later


jaxonya

Sigh... *Unzips*


GIO443

Only you would be sad at the sight of a child being adopted. You cruel, heartless, harpy.


Jenna_84

Have you not heard of happy tears? I'm hoping you just forgot to put /s at the end of your comment


GIO443

Of course lol. /s


MasterAnnatar

I was adopted at 15 and had the entire percussion section of the marching band go with me (I was in drumline at the time)


NYSenseOfHumor

Did they do a ba dum tss when the judge spoke (at least once)?


Ikitenashi

Forgive me if this is too personal but I'm planning on adopting in the future myself. What was it like being adopted as a teenager? Did you "accept" the situation quickly?


MasterAnnatar

My situation was kind of unique to be entirely honest. I grew up in an abusive household and was kicked out when I was 15 for being queer. But my adopted parents had basically already been raising me anyways. I was at their house every day from when I was like 9 so when I was kicked out they took me in and adopted me. A large part of me was relieved and grateful I was part of a family that actually cared about me, but because of my situation I was also a ball of rage for awhile.


Ikitenashi

Thank you for sharing. The idea of giving a kid a home is the most precious to me.


MasterAnnatar

It's a selfless thing to do! Every situation is different but I feel obligated to warn you that the kid may battle you sometimes and rebel. After adoption I had a serious "punk rock rebel" phase. If they do have that, don't look at it as a failure on you.


chrispmorgan

My significant other licenses foster families and I go to different parties for the families with kids in foster care or have been adopted. It warms my heart every time to see how much love people are capable of. The truth is that fostering and adopting a teenager is different than the model people usually have in their heads of adopting a toddler and going through all of the traditional milestones. Because they've already lived a lot of life many people think the relationship with a teenager won't be that rewarding but when I meet people who specialize in teenagers and have, say, 15 kids who have lived with them and are now adults it sounds pretty rewarding emotionally to have affected so many lives. However much time you have with a kid, whatever age they are, whatever challenges they bring with them, as long as you pay attention to the training and have good intentions, I guarantee you are making a difference in their lives.


Adventurous-Clock365

Yo that’s sick, I’m 15 and in marching band rn!! (Trombone)


Then_Campaign7264

What a great field trip to celebrate their friend and to see a positive, age appropriate side of the legal system.


RobertMcCheese

[Here](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50683948) is the BBC article about it.


DragonfruitFew5542

Oh my God I would've probably been asked to leave the courtroom had I been there because I'd definitely be ugly crying.


LordOfFudge

Goddamnit, I’m in a bar and and getting a bit weepy.


Letsmakethissimple1

> the five-year-old declared, "I love my daddy!" as his father visibly welled up. Ugh - damn those onions! Thank you for positing the article!


LadyBarclay

Be warned,  onion ninjas wrote that article!


NBAFansAre2Ply

needed that today, thank you


MrsWaterbuffalo

This is humanity at its best. Good on everyone for showing up and congrats to the young lad and his family.


yportnemumixam

He didn’t just get adopted only into a family, he also got adopted into a community.


themox78

as an adopted person myself, this is making me cry. this is absolutely fantastic


MasterAnnatar

Same. Good tears though. Love it for him.


MaleficentCoconut458

Their little faces over the railing are melting my heart. How wonderful.


greyblue-green

In true 5 year old fashion he’s already sitting there bored af 😂😂😂


HermiticHubris

It's a terrible day for rain.


fluffykerfuffle3

hahaha all those little heads peeking up from the grownups' benches!! and those little hearts! ❤️


HughJManschitt

During the hearing, each child introduced themselves and explained why they had come to celebrate. "My name is Lily and I love Michael," a little girl told Judge Patricia Gardner, *who wore a necklace of Christmas decorations for the occasion.* I love that she wanted to dress up for the occasion and Christmas decorations are what she chose.


biddily

How do I say this. A friends family, the family's very tight knit, and one of the adult sons and their wife was adopting daughter of the wife's sister (her mother had OD'd). The family is the family of the husband, and the daughter is the niece of the wife. The whole family showed up at the courthouse. Grandparents, all the aunts and uncles, all the cousins - had to be around 30-40 people. They said the judge was surprised. That the judge doesnt normally see the ENTIRE family come during the adoption ceremony, and was very happy to see it.


Beachprincess_678

I’m crying happy tears with a big smile on my face. This is humanity at its finest. I love kids; they are truly the best of humanity (I work with kids on a daily basis and they are just wonderful).


The-broken-vessel

As a orphan im really happy about how many more people are getting adopted these days and how less kids will now have to spend there child hoods in orphanages


markaritaville

Inside Edition story https://youtu.be/6JqaDwfuU2Y?si=IZS71n6bk-REsjQI


Antique-Butterscotch

Their little heads that can barely see are so cute lol I can’t


VLC31

And the little hearts on sticks.


RealMayKing

I love the mom all sorts of every kinda smile and the dad like “yup I’m gonna dad the heck outta this kid.”


RadlEonk

This post might be old enough for the five year olds to now adopt kids of their own.


EmbelishFetish

1 hour 52 comments 5K upvotes 5th post on Reddit’s front page Can we just ban these repost bots, fam? This dead internet theory shit is becoming depressing man. Take me back to a lively, creative internet.


Papa_Sloth

As much as I initially agreed with you, a little stalking makes me think OP is just someone who likes hearthstone a lot and happened to get some traction with this post. 


LowellnRodgers

It's a lovely sight to see. I hope he will be happy with his new family.


soulfire_0n_Reddit

the lil hearts in the background


Mel_Melu

Few things are as beautiful as witnessing a legal adoption 🥲 The absolute joy on a child and adoptive parents' faces knowing it's forever.


Driving1013

Look at all the little faces


NotYourTypicalMoth

My eyes are actually watering because I’ve known so many foster kids in shitty situation. Thank God this kid has a family and friends around him this early in life


Significant_Start_47

Real respect for all the moms who brought they kids ❤️


brokebackzac

I mean, is it that nice people exist or that children don't yet know how to be dicks? Either way, this is adorable.


Numerous-Stranger-81

Children are just little people. Some are probably friends, some are doing it to be nice, and some are doing it because their parents made them. Children definitely know how to be dicks.


brokebackzac

I have none myself, but my niblings only achieve dickishness on accident, yknow like walking up to the person with vitiligo and asking them why their skin is weird out of genuine curiosity but with no tact.


Numerous-Stranger-81

That's not much different than assuming all adults are the same just because your family acts a certain way.


ImBored1818

Nah, kids can absolutly be dicks. These guys are just nice (or were forced to be there ny their families / teachers).


Pdiddypanda

I don't buy it. This this little boy is actually a self driven, no-nonsense, corporate lawyer, who's defending his two clients after they were wrongly accused of laundering money through their etsy business.


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VP007clips

A lot of people are downvoting you, but you aren't wrong. Adoption is a pretty slow and boring process. Even the kid getting adopted in the photo looks bored out of his mind. It's definitely a nice gesture to go, but I think inviting the class to a nice party after the adoption where they can celebrate it with a small speech, then cake and food, would be more appropriate.


tofiwashere

-REJECTED! -Oh goddamit...


Old-Time6863

I see this is being recycled again


BorderlineCancledYT

That's nice, I need things like this in my life while I watch my country try to destroy itself. Good for you, little bro. You're obviously a fantastic person who deserves every ounce of love if everyone showed. Not that any kid doesn't but he has obviously made a big impact and that isn't easy.


claudiaengland

Absolutely made my day. No, my entire week.


kizkazskyline

They’re holding up little hearts 🥹


bodyreddit

So so sweet


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Made me smile. Mission accomplished!!


BiggestBlackSnake

Love this. Beautiful.


sutrabob

How sweet❤️


otherbanana1

Y'all comin to my party homies? vibes


Hiberniae

I love that one of the hearts looks like the mom’s crown 🥹💚


TheFlyingSparky

The family wrote a book about it call, "Love Rules"


krustykrab_Pearls14

Dude they real ones day 1s lol


Mark-Fuckerberg-

This makes me cry


heyscot

Thank you for making me happy


NoDealer7193

Awesome kid! 😎


Able-Distribution

Uh-huh. The five year old boy made the invitations and other five year olds accepted them. Very agentic five year olds. Definitely not doing what the adults around them are telling them to do.


Two_Ravens_Farm

That is the very best news today! Thank you!


Raging_Necko

That’s the sweetest ❤️


Kanderson2244

🥺🥺😩


Ok-Abbreviations543

As an adopted dude, this just warms my heart!


Otherwise_Basis_6328

What an incredibly memorable moment for all those kids. Awesome!


GWSDiver

Those little faces over the jury wall 😍


tremillow

And all of them stayed awake!


BetTricyclePotato

What a seriously awesome idea. Now all the kids are COMPLETELY normalized to adoption, and are probably more likely to adopt in their future. It's also an excellent opportunity to take a field trip and learn about the legal process. 10/10 would recommend inviting your class to your adoption.


yamrajkabhainsa

Only kids and animals are nice


UNite__totheMidEast

Congratulations lil buddy. I wish you the best of luck and a happy, enriching childhood. 🥰


Fun_Move980

The class probably was brought by the teacher but this is still super fucking wholesome, i praise that teacher


MionelLessi10

Damn, this made me tear up a bit. Having people show up for your important events in life is undervalued on development.


CollectsOldSpoons

I love everything about this, especially the hearts on the sticks.


zaxldaisy

I mean, realistically, how much of a choice did the kids have? 


Redeemed_Veteranboi

This is so cute! Bless their pure hearts! 🥰


lizimajig

Guys who's chopping onions in here


wailan

Shout out to all the caring mums in this community that showed up for this boy


grrodon2

"Yo, bitches, I'm middle class now!"


_SithLord66

Now this is news.


WeimSean

Because 5 years old have a lot of control over where the adults in there lives take them....


MechanicIris

Damn, that's impressive. My daughter's school wouldn't accept her missing class to watch her mother receive her American naturalization/citizenship.


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Snappybrowneyes

This is SO AWESOME!!!!


random420x2

That is both very sweet, and a good educational experience.


Fleshy_10

Sometimes this world truly is beautiful, love seeing this


Pleasant_Writing_598

Beautiful 😍😍 God bless


No_Chapter_948

Wow, what a support team!!!


Bishyy098

I’ve seen this pic over the years and it will literally never fail to make me smile. Hope my boy and his classmates are still close til this day


VorsE_

This guy like: Hey lawyer what was my crime btw?


Illustrious-Shift998

That's amazing


TheManInTheShack

Things like this just brighten my day. We hear so much about the bad that happens and we expect the good so it often goes unvalued and unnoticed. It should be the other way around. Accept the bad but give more attention to the good.


AutumnAscending

Homie looks like he's ready to go tf home.


Striving_Stoic

That’s so fucking cute


IceLionTech

Those happy people : )


leolawilliams5859

I am so happy for him this is so cute and heartwarming God bless


Internal-Yoghurt-895

This is just so heartwarming


I_have_no_words8

This is honestly wholesome.


BootGlittering937

Aww that’s so sweet


definitelyasatanist

That is a young man who has been sitting in his chair for far too long lol


Both-Anything4139

Way to go buddy


mycomputerguykilgore

This kid is 18 now


Deanfan7695

So sweet and the little heart cut outs are adorable


vacuousintent

My father was an attorney. He always said his absolute favorite thing to do was adoptions. Why? Because as an attorney, it was one of the few things he could do where at the end of the day, everyone was happy, himself included.


Ryankevin23

Oh wow! Thats great


Artistic_Soft4625

That guy has set a precedent for all others to follow when adopted


Flimsy-Coyote-9232

Those kids didn’t choose to for shit 😂


New-North-2282

Support of the class is awesome Congratulations to all


Kind-Claim-2577

That's so sweet


Grifferr

I worked with the mom, awesome family. They wrote a book about their adoption!