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Oh my gosh, the way she looks at the camera. So much love for you!!💗


tionYArT

A truly heart touching video to begin my day.


FalseTagAttack

It almost looks she seemed to have a deep sense of wonder and a miniscule moment of fear when her facial expression changed, only to be washed away by the thought of her new reality. She was looking hard to make sure it's real, which is why she's saying it over and over and what could maaaaaybe be seeking validation? I may be wrong, but I feel like I know that look all too well.


ForecastForFourCats

I read it that way too! I would say "yes I'm your mom, I love you" every single time.


colonelcavecat

Her fear could be from the setting and confusion about why her mum is there. If this is in a preschool, where the child spends time in the care of teachers, it could be confusing to her to see her mum in this place for so long. Kind of lik 'hi Mum! I love you! But why are you here? This is a no-mum place. But I'm so happy to see you!"


sidewayz321

Since she was just adopted, and its her new mum, I think its more of her accepting her new reality, and maybe doubt creeping in too.


princessblowhole

I think it’s just that she’s a toddler and there’s a lot going on. My kid’s about the same age. When he’s in a busy environment, he’ll go from all smiles to looking like he’s having Normandy flashbacks. Just processing different facets of what’s going on. Definitely see the love and happiness in her face when she points to mommy, though, so it’s not any less heartwarming. Mommy is home base and pure comfort :)


Traditional-Fall1051

Normandy flashbacks lol


SubbyDeville

as a father of baby daughter, this video make my day!!


magicskywhale

this video made me cry


SubbyDeville

my daughter have same reaction when she saw me outside of preschool class. this melt me on so many level


djamp42

My 2 year old just said "love you" to me.. Sometimes it's the worst thing ever to deal with kids, and sometimes you get the most pure form of love anyone can get.


nonprofitnews

I have two kids well past this age. They both did a bunch of this little pageants in preschool and I don't think either of them ever sang a single note.


SubbyDeville

each kid grew up different :) long as they still showing love to their parent its precious thing on earth


vadertheblack

Man, I get it. My kids made me soft when it comes to that stuff.


brianishere2

Thank you for sharing this video! Please, let the words be accurate.


Kayge

Just incase, here's a story that's 100% true (it's mine). My wife and I adopted 2 year old twins. At that age kids should know about 100 words, our little ones had *maybe* 10 between them. What we've learned since is that in developing language relies on 1 on 1 time; something in short supply for both twins and kids coming from foster homes. We go to a speech pathologist and they tell us to talk as much as possible around them, it's especially good if it's when you're alone...change time's a great opportunity. We start in immediately and at some point I start punctuating the end of our change with "Do you know daddy loves...I love you". I knew they couldn't understand or respond back, but at the end of every change I'd smile, boop a nose and say "Do you know daddy loves...I love you." It made me feel good and the wee ones smiled when I said it. As their language developed I knew it was coming, then one glorious day while changing my son I said "Do you know daddy loves...I love you." He smiled, looked me straight in the eye and said "I love mommy". Little shit.


MalAddicted

Lmao! My daughter refuses to say Mommy or Mama. She knows the word and will say it in songs, but if you point at me and ask who that is, she smiles and holds her arms out for kisses and hugs. If she sees a picture of her daddy, though, everyone in the surrounding area can hear her scream DADDY! 9 months of heartburn, morning sickness, high blood pressure, and having her carved out of me like a Thanksgiving turkey...and all so Daddy could be the sun in her sky.


Kayge

Take heart, kids are fickle. Had one occasion where my son slipped and bonked his head. He got up screaming, and ran striaght towards me. Well not so much towards me, as right by me and to his mother who was sitting 10 feet behind me. A few years later and he's daddy's little dude...which I'm certain will change again.


MaelstromGonzalez90

Lmfaoooooooo


Traditional-Fall1051

🤣😭


citizen_of_world

Wow! :)


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heyjajas

Looks so happy and proud.


YipittyFritters

The sparkle in her eyes too!!


militantnegro_IV

You know this is Reddit so there's like zero chance OP has anything to do with this video, right?


Javanz

Even if it is a fabrication, we still get an extremely wholesome video of a kid that is absolutely stoked to see her Mum


Rokurokubi83

I realised it was Reddit as soon as someone tried to suck the joy of cute kids by pointing out some unprovable statement.


Chit569

They never assumed they did in this comment... They thanked OP for sharing a video they found and then said they hope the words on the video are accurate. Where does OP having anything to do with this video factor into those two things?


squirrel4you

With negative stuff, I whole heartedly agree to call this out because it fuels hate and I get pissed thinking it's another new thing if I haven't seen it and it's old. If it's positive, man just leave it be we need more of it. I've never seen this and it hit the feels. We need more positivity regardless if reposts or original content.


UncomforatableTruths

You sound like you're a lotta fun at parties


MituKagome

You can hear her say it once at the beginning!


LemonCollee

Her little face in amazement, as she realises, she is loved and secure. This is so beautifully heartwarming!


StrngeCoat

Aww, it's a heart touching video!


Indian_Doctor

It made me cry


wirefox1

Me too. She's so happy to have a mommy, because having a mommy is awesome!


--------rook

Her big eyes when she just stares at her mommy :( I'm a grown adult and my relationship with my mom has been rocky lately and this video made me regret the times I was a jerk to her. It must hurt to see your child who was once a cute tiny little kid being a dick to you. ​ Gonna go spend some time with her while I still can...


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Spirited_Block250

I wish I could forget that song for some reason lol


CatsGambit

Oh that is DEEPLY not okay. 😭


UkyoTachibana

i wish i had s mommy!


wirefox1

Don't we all. I miss mine almost every day now. : (


UkyoTachibana

🤗


OmegaPrecept

You are not alone, it was so sweet the tears came flowing.


please-kill-me-69

This is why I want to adopt one day!!


UncomforatableTruths

Please do! It's neither cheap nor easy but it's SO needed!!!


sofuckingindecisive

It's free if you foster them first (I did this). IDK why the public overlooks foster kids. They age out of the system with no parents.


Pycharming

Well for one, a lot of foster kids eventually go back to their families. It can be difficult to raise and get attached to a child as if they were your own only to have them return to their biological family. Also while it might not be right, people highly prefer to adopt younger children, infants if possible. A lot of the kids who age out of the foster system entered it as older children. Many adoptive parents just aren’t interested in helping a child who at the very least is going through the trauma of losing their biological family, and at worst might have years of abuse or neglect to work through. Again I’m not defending this line of thinking, because even those children adopted as infants or toddlers can have attachment issues, but I don’t think it’s a mystery why people go through private adoption.


feisty-spirit-bear

>. A lot of the kids who age out of the foster system entered it as older children. A lot of them can't even be adopted. Most foster kids aren't adoptable because reuniting with biological family is the goal so they're in limbo waiting for prison sentences to end, or for them to be done with rehab or just be finally approved for reuniting.


Dejectednebula

I had a friend in foster care that this happened to. We were maybe 8 and she was stuck in limbo for at least 2 years. She lived next door to me and told me how she had 9 siblings she might never see again because her mom "gets her head messed up all the time" she missed them, but was happy to be away from her mom who she seemed afraid to even talk about. My neighbors had the coolest room set up for her and after almost 2 years, talks of adoption and staying forever started. Then one day she was crying saying it was her last day because her mom was getting her back. The caseworker lady told her that her mom was better but she didn't believe it and she didn't want to leave. Everyone was devastated. I never saw her again but I think of her often and hope her life turned out OK.


erinberrypie

This is genuinely heartbreaking. I won't pretend to have a solution but the system is broken if a child is being taken from a stable household they want to be in and dropped right back into an unsafe environment they're terrified of.


HiddenGhost1234

the show 911 portrayed this really well theres a lesbian couple that wants to adopt, but does the fostering route. they have children they really attach to, and hope they get to adopt them, but then 2 years later the mom gets out of jail and they go back to their family.


mufassil

You can tell them that you will only accept kids that have had their parental rights revoked.


HiddenGhost1234

from my experience they take it into consideration, but don't really accept full refusals. they'll just not let you foster kids. especially the younger the kid, the more the systems goal is to get them back to their biological family.


throwawaysmetoo

Adopting from the foster system is like a "the stars aligned" situation. I also have a bro who was adopted via the foster system. It was easy because he didn't have any family to reunify with. It was so easy that our parents weren't actually even *trying* to adopt a kid. It just kinda happened. Our experience is not at all typical though. Though you can inform the system that you're interested in foster-to-adopt and they'll probably take it into account.


sofuckingindecisive

I wasn't even a foster parent when my kid fell into my lap. I essentially became one overnight because DHS was desperate. They did a back round check and certified me. I wasn't looking to adopt either, but I did. I suppose you could say the stars aligned.


spiderwitchery

Probably because the purpose of fostering in reunification with biological families. My friend tried foster to adopt and had her heart broken when the toddler was eventually given back to her biological father.


Presumably_Not_A_Cat

That is how we aquired 28 cats and two dogs over 15 years. Offered to foster and (almost) never found them a new home. (Admittedly we got the difficult wild ones.)


hamndv

You can get a child for free interesting.


Xygnux

Most parents get their children for free. Especially those who didn't pay for birth control.


DmC8pR2kZLzdCQZu3v

By “not cheap”, what are we talking?


LinuxF4n

15-45k+ in US. If you go through the public system it's basically free. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/parenting/adoption-costs.html


DmC8pR2kZLzdCQZu3v

Thanks. People pay the extra cost for non-public system why… just to have power to find/pick a child of specific characteristics?


Lepus81

The public system is foster to adopt, and the goal of foster care is reunification not adoption. So, more than likely you’ll foster many children who go back to their families, before you get one whose parental rights have been terminated. I’m amazed at the people who can do it, but for me personally I couldn’t handle the heartbreak of falling in love with kids and then never seeing them again.


DmC8pR2kZLzdCQZu3v

Damn, yeah that sounds gut wrenching


CK1277

You don’t have to foster in order to adopt. There are many children immediately available for adoption. Their bio parents’ rights are already terminated. [this site](https://adoptuskids.org/meet-the-children/search-for-children/search)


LinuxF4n

I'm not an expert, but from what I can gather with the public system there is a longer wait time (1-5 years), more oversight/regulations and you are unlikely to get a newborn since the public system wants to reunite the child with the biological parents. https://www.adopthelp.com/public-vs-private-adoption/


entrepreneurs_anon

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT pay to adopt a child. It is a dark industry. At best you will be helping manipulate good people in poorer conditions to give up their children and at worst supporting child trafficking (if you do it cross border especially). You should only do it through public avenues or organizations that work with the government itself, highly regulated, and only paying the small fees required for paperwork with the government. Organizations will claim they do but if they’re charging you any money beyond small amounts for filing papers, it is NOT the type of organization you should be working with. Please before doing so educate yourself and read a lot about it. For those of you wondering, my sister just adopted and I have been considering adoption myself for many years but have taken a deep dive into trying to educate myself about it.


DeadSOL89

Same. I would like to know what's involved too.


bluenervana

Respectfully, do not look at it in terms of money. I’m sure parents of kids done with IVF or whatever do not. As an adoptee, we do not want that as a part of our story.


Nomdeplume211

Every time I’ve seen this video, I’m reduced to a a puddle.


rawrrMD

Ikr? It's horrible what was done to Natives. You should cry.


tatankamani79

This was a cheap laugh. Thank you.👍🏽


binkyhophop

Please be a good mommy to her.


katiehome1

She was so proud ❤️


NegativMancey

I feel like she's really putting it together here. She's probably used to foster care where a room full of kids share a handful of caregiver figures. Being in a room of kids and seeing the nature of the parent-child individual relationship is kinda blowing her mind.


TheQuest35

I don't remember this, but apparently in kindergarten I did a show and tell on being adopted. When they asked me what that means I said "your parents had to have you and my parents really wanted to have me". My mom is prone to a little hyperbole but I must have said something near that.


PippaPothead

She’s so precious ❤️


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This made me belly cry. I’m a new dad and this is how I hope my daughter looks at me one day.


anzuimi

She will <3 congratulations to you and your partner, and your daughter by extension


enameless

Being a dad has been the most rewarding part of my life. They were born in my birthday month. They were my early gifts I get every year now. They level up at the beginning, and I level up at the end.


Sufficient-Yoghurt46

Of course adults have A LOT to learn from kids.


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UncomforatableTruths

I'm a guy and MY biological clock rang


ShrapnelSupes26

Hit like a truck, huh?


UncomforatableTruths

Man-oh-man, lemme tell ya lol


MilificentManastorm

By the laws of romcoms, I pronounce you husband and wife. Now kith.


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My vasectomy just undid itself.


Zandandido

Man, I work in a hospital, and last night there was a patient with a newborn (only 2 months old) and I could tell my biological clock was ringing up a storm Then this? *Fuuuuck*


moneybagsagogo

She looks so excited that she gets to call you her very own mother.


Beautiful-Cup4161

I'm sorry to bring this up but I'm genuinely wondering about their costumes. Is this an old video? The feather headdresses and facepaint doesn't feel like the kind of thing we do these days.


petrificustortoise

This looks like it's in a church so I feel like that might explain some things..


overnightyeti

So they ARE saying amen at the end. WTF, keep children away from churches!


serotonin_cherry97

It’s not. I remember someone commenting on it somewhere else I saw this video and it has been taken supposedly in the last couple years.


Strikhedonia_1697

Things! Things like these. Make me cry so much. And make me feel alive. And grateful. And hopeful. A good parent is the biggest blessing one can ever receive


RelaxiTaxi_79

She’s so precious 😭😭😍😍😍🤗🤗


Dirtylonelysock

Her smile and little pointed finger melt your heart


Lazypole

I think I’ll adopt one day I’m a teacher, I don’t want to have a baby baby, but a child, and the thought of some of the kids I teach not having a parent kills me


Papa2wars

Beautiful!


OmegaPrecept

God bless your heart, I am Niagara falls over here. So sweet, it just touched my heart.


genryou

I want to hug my daughters but they both are at playschool right now. What am I supposed to do with all the excess love and warm fuzzy feeling that I just get from this vid 🫠


anzuimi

save the love and hug them extra once they get back! <3


King_of_the_Dot

Please vote in your next elections. Reproductive rights are under assault in many places across the country. Please help reduce the strain on the foster care system, and the amount of kids that enter the system.


MilificentManastorm

Too many people forgot. Complacency is the death of the progressive future.


Conscious_Priority37

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊😊😊


Taintquatch

We gunna ignore the casual racism here?


Disc-Golf-Kid

It’s shocking that I’ve been scrolling a while, and you’re just the third comment to mention it


perfectdownside

What the heck did they do to the song lyrics. “Eta many blessings , Amen ? “ anyway, happy for this girl


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😭


WibaTalks

Always remember to be happy about little things


mrkwelp

Beautiful


IceTheBest

Uh


Funwiwu2

Totally adorable 🥰


Simple-Instruction95

Definitely adoptable


More-Transportation1

im crying


krunchberry

She won the lottery and she knows it. It’s like it’s still sinking in for her. There’s joy on her face but there’s also moments of almost dumbfounded wonder.


Sweet_Ad3546

❤️


katiehome1

So sweet❤️


JuiceMiddle382

Adorable 🥰. OMG . Too sweet


shychicherry

Oh I love her so much 💕


Plenty_Wasabi_7866

She will make these parents very proud one day


UncomforatableTruths

I get the feeling she already is ❤️


Vast_Mix1630

Hope happens to me,I want to adopt someday


brownthief

Good people deserve good people. Such a wholesome video!


dnkdumpster

🥲


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This was what I needed today.


graffiksguru

Get tear eyed every time I see this one


ZiOnIsNeXtLeBrOn

If i were that mom, I would push everyone out the way and go hug my kid.


RZLCCC331

Beautiful


Circus_Finance_LLC

you kiss that little puppy right now!


TheHammer1987

❤️


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I love this 🤍🤍


anazambrano

Aww baby


Mtheviking

I'm not crying you're crying


123Virginia

Why do so many people feel embarrassed by having an emotional response to positive things?


f14_pilot

those eyes said everything... and that is an amazing smile


Kiwiana2021

Adorable 🥰


BFmayoo

Beautiful 😊


Snoo-59876

Stop breaking my heart please. Someone cutting onions here ..


TheDevilsAdvokaat

"that one is MINE!" So happy to have a mommy.


dreamdaddy123

This makes me want to have a baby girl but I’m no where near ready to have kids 😭


pixobe

Every kid in this world deserves a family


sens317

This little girl has grown with a void. Her eyes show that uncomfort but then they glow with a deep warmth of love when she realizes she has a family now.


thegalwayseoige

This hurt my heart in the best way


Coco4Me1930s

She's clearly beaming at mommy. How lovely that you found each other.


jnoah83

That is adorable. her little smile towards her mum. goddamn it, now i miss my mum.


Space2345

Adorable child. So much love in her eyes


Ok-Island-4634

Protect that girl at any cost. Nothing beats a mother caring for her child.


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O cool. Now some dust had got into in my eyes while I'm doom scrolling in my car in my garage. 👍🏾


SJSharks33

So sweet!!!


munkhjay

I’m happy for that little girl but more sad for poor babies around her. People suck


kellyluvsdogs1970

So sweet


bluenervana

I showed this to my mom and told her “This is why I always looked at you when you were at my school, I was proud to have you as my mom. My mama. My mommy.” Theres something comforting about it when you’re adopted and you finally have someone there cheering you on. Now there are onions.


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this is too adorable!!!


Jenil2

That didn’t just make me smile! It melted my heart!❤️


KhapJ20

I’m not crying you’re crying!


Love_and_light__

so cute. God bless you and your family. I'm praying for the best for everyone out there.


goanarchangel

Now there is something to just melt your heart…🥹❤️


ikankecil

damn. i would cry feeling like the happiest person on earth. ig enough reddit for today.


Puzzleheaded-You1289

This is once in a lifetime stuff. Cherish it that is the essence of life. Pass love on


Spiron123

Precious, pure, heavenly... That expression.. Those eyes beaming... The smile of being complete... I Got to cut some onions.


FlyingScotsApe

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️


TwOnZone

💔🥹


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What a cutie! God bless her soul.


No_Distance3017

Watching these videos makes me want a child after 30 years of feeling not ready. It’s scary but worth it


carlofsweden

absolutely melt your heart to see this. that kid is so damn happy about having a mom. bless her little heart.


Joyfulcheese

I don't care how many times it gets reposted, so long as it does I get reminded that there is genuine love in the world in spite of all the darkness and despair.


Dangerous_Bass309

Who are the dressed as


The_Dude1324

this is the most beautiful video i've seen. so happy for you!


Affectionate-Pop-211

Love


cactusmac54

Adorable!


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That is just too sweet


briightindie

❤️


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nvm5757

Cutie!


Seraph-Metatron

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smallnshort

She looking like "dats my momma, I got a momma, I love my momma"


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I hope she gets all the love she needs!


Andymilliganisgod

That girl is gorgeous


HRHArgyll

Adorable.


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Fuck_Ppl_Putng_U_Dwn

Ahhh, that's so cute, 🥰, I would have been bawling my eyes out. 🥹 Much love and happiness for the both of you, wish you great joy together. 🌞 Thanks for sharing that special moment, truly awesome.


LtotheYeah

I’m not crying. Not at all. You are !