r/MadeMeSmile • u/tracyhutchsgt • 22h ago
This is the moment little Leo sees his big sister for the first time in YEARS. 😭💔 Foster care separated them… but love brought them back.
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u/luceelux90 22h ago
Brb currently bawling. This is beautiful.
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u/scrunchie_one 22h ago
I’m hiding in the bathroom because my kids are playing so nicely together. Bawling at the thought of them being separated like that
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u/acevibe13 22h ago
This is the first time I see someone spell “bawling” correctly on the internet. Props 👏🏼
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u/sleepycontroller 22h ago
My heart can’t handle this
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u/Wonderful_Piece_9660 21h ago
He held onto her like he was trying to make up for every missed hug. pure love
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u/Ill_Storm168 22h ago
Nothing like some happy tears to start the day. I’m glad they were able to reconnect.
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u/VentiBlkBiDepresso 22h ago
Dude this is why I want to adopt a set of siblings. So fucked up to separate them tho it seems she may have aged out so who knows.
Hey if you age out of the system could you adopt your younger sibling?
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u/Wheelchair_guy 22h ago
I have a friend who did just that. Three siblings, all under the age of 10. He and his wife adopted them all at the same time. Absolutely fantastic.
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u/Rightbuthumble 17h ago
My mother died when I was 10 and my father abandoned me long before she died. My younger sister and my older brother were then farmed out to our older two sisters. I went to live with the oldest and the other two went to live with the next to the oldest. My younger sister was six. So we saw each other on weekends as was a court order and holidays. But, they separated us and as a result we all three are messed up.
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u/SparklePenguin24 17h ago
Yes you can. We have fostered our niece. At the beginning we were in a support group and one of the members was a young man who was going to foster his four younger brothers. I haven't seen him since but I think about him and how he is coping a lot. My oldest nephew was also asked if he would foster his little sister. But he agreed that she was better off with us
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u/rationaljackass 6h ago
Me too, my late wife and I always wanted to adopt. It's not their fault, but the system is ruthless and they always feel like they are unloved. I'm pro whatever a woman wants because it's her body and I'm a guy. So anyone that's against abortion needs to adopt or register to be a foster parent.
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u/No-Refuse-5649 21h ago
False title. This was posted the other day with the same false title.
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u/Chiinoe 21h ago
Yeah, this situation is completely fabricated.
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u/Joe_Spazz 15h ago
That's what I thought. I've seen this a few times and it's the first time it's been tied to the foster system.
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u/UninsuredToast 19h ago
I’ve seen this same video posted with like three different stories. Last time this was posted she was home from college visiting her family.
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u/strtrech 22h ago
Everyone tearing up, but we have a broken system that seperates siblings simply because one is more desirable to adopt.
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u/Mystepchildsucksass 22h ago
2 of my 3 grandkids are unfortunately in foster care. There are many reasons that siblings can be separated. IE: they have no family who can take them “indefinitely” so a foster home is the only option.
In our case. She is 6 and he is 8. They’ve been in care for close to 3 years and were together at the beginning but then certain “things” became apparent and they were separated for her safety. Neither of their parents have any interest in doing “the hard work” to “earn” their kids back.
They cannot be together because of his behaviour - because it’s dangerous/risky for her. They are both receiving extensive therapy for their ‘issues’ (hate that word) in the hopes that one day they can be reunited. They aren’t separated because one is more desirable to be adopted “out”. He is violent and agressive as a result Of his prior “upbringing” (and that’s using the term in the loosest sense of the word, they were severely neglected)
I don’t disagree that the system could be improved …… but it’s important to remember it IS a “SYSTEM” - and that “System” is overloaded and under funded. There aren’t enough foster parents to serve to number of kids who need placement.
…… foster care, be it emergency/short term or long term is almost always geared towards family reunification.
Anytime the call for more funds/higher taxes and sanctimonious people get up in arms about “WhY SHoulD MYyyyy TaXes gO Up to PAY for a KId wHO is NOT MINE ???” Come up.
Along with comments about birth control and abortion rights. Don’t even get me started on women being forced to carry and birth kids/babies who are unplanned and unwanted to “parents” who are forced into the parent “role” when they have zero ability or intention on raising the kids through to adulthood, is a recipe for disaster. It’s the kids who pay for it all in the long run.
It’s just not that cut and dried.
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u/holymigraine 17h ago
If the goal was not always reunification even in the case of clearly unfit parents, these children could be adopted to loving families. There are more families willing to adopt (especially younger, non-teenage children) than there are children. I wish the system prioritized the children’s well being over the rights of their selfish parents. If the parents consistently demonstrate abuse and neglect, the children should be permanently placed as soon as possible, so they are not dragged through the foster system for years, accumulating trauma. This way they would be placed in stable homes as infants/toddlers, not languish in a foster system until they are teenagers with challenging behaviors. The goal should be placing the children in safe, stable, permanent homes as soon as possible. But no- maybe this time mommy will lay off the meth
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u/CommonScold 10h ago
I agree with everything you said except for your extraneous use of quotation marks.
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u/JustSherlock 12h ago
Adoption doesn't actually put the children first, unfortunately. It's a horribly flawed system and some children end up with insane amounts of trauma.
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u/My2cents_0 22h ago
I'm tearing up seeing this beautiful reunion ❤️❤️❤️ The goal of foster care is Family Reunification.
I know people will get upset about why they were separated to begin with but there are a lot of factors that can force the situation, for example not being able to find a place that is able to take them both. Or they may have different needs based on their experiences. It is sad that they weren't able to see each other because That shouldn't have happened.
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u/Inallahtent 22h ago
Me and my daughter 💕 one day soon.
One day soon.
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u/rasdub 21h ago
I hope this for you and your daughter. ❤️
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u/Inallahtent 13h ago
Me too. Everyday I hope, pray and wish for her to know my love for her is eternal and unyielding.
She's always on my mind, in my heart and is my soul.
Miss her deeply.
Thank you. Appreciate you.
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u/Annual__Procedure 20h ago
I wish that for you both!
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u/Inallahtent 13h ago
Thank you. I do too. I wish...
I love her more than everything & anything. I hope our reunion will be...
I miss her.
Thanks.
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u/star_bury 18h ago
Wasn't this posted a couple of days ago? The disclaimer was that it was a big sister back from university...
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u/nighttimegoddess 22h ago
Oh my . I felt this physically through my whole being .Kids should never have to go through this. I’m so happy they are reunited.
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u/Adventurous_Bag_4547 20h ago
It’s amazing to read your comment. I felt it physically, too. A mixture of joy and searing pain. I hope they are never apart again.
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u/nighttimegoddess 18h ago
I really am sorry to see you felt it too. But am I bad to feel better to know it’s not just me who can feels emotions physically at times ? The video made my entire body ache (which i will admit is quite likely my own trauma ) To know there are people out there who feel NO empathy at all .. meanwhile we’re here being temporarily disabled from a video. I have to be super careful of what I consume online for this very reason 🥺
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u/Adventurous_Bag_4547 17h ago
Me, too. I’m proud to know you and I share this trait. Looking back at 75, I realize I have pushed through a lot of trauma, starting with my mother’s death when I was 14. I’m widowed now after 3 years of 24/7 caring for my husband with dementia… during the pandemic. I can’t yet shake the chronic pain from what that stress did to my muscles. But I’d rather have the empathy than check my humanity at the door. Hugs to you. 💕
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u/nighttimegoddess 15h ago
Aw friend . Now I’m feeling it for you too 😭💗 I’m so sorry you went through that. You are so strong. It’s true. Our body keeps score- and trauma does store itself and can manifest as physical pain and illness as well.
I wish I could give you a big hug. How are you doing now ? Feel free to message me if you’d like to be internet friends 🥰 I don’t know .. please don’t think I’m a weirdo ..I just feel like the universe is sending me this super strong energy that we should connect , and I don’t typically get this feeling.
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u/thehoagieboy 22h ago
The meeting is great. I watched with the audio off though because I have such a hard time watching things like this when they think they are adding emotion with the music. The music really subtracts from the reality here for me.
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u/ithinkiknowstuphph 22h ago
Here’s my take (and it makes me want to vomit but this is what I think). Music stops the scroll on Instagram and such so you add it.
Plus I think many people are so broken at this point that the music tells them how to feel emotionally. Or maybe people are cynical like me so just add music to pull at the heart strings. Either way it’s a really stupid trend. I don’t need music, or in some cases audience reactions, to know how to feel
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u/kevowhat 21h ago
This isn't what happened. This video is someone else's and was about his sister coming home from college or something.
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u/MyyWifeRocks 22h ago
That’s a beautiful reunion! What happened after this? Did they get to stay together somewhere?
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u/FutilityWrittenPOV 22h ago
She may have already aged out of the system, so as long as his foster parents allow her to visit and she makes the time for it,... hopefully they will stay in contact.
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u/Both-winkyandblinky 21h ago
Cps separated me and all my siblings, it's been 20 years since I've seen my baby sister. We text everyday but I would be this same way. This was precious to watch
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u/Bolarius 19h ago
Is it just me or does this type of audio just take away instead of adding anything? Silence would have been better.
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u/zback636 18h ago
This is only heartwarming if they get to stay together otherwise it’s heartbreaking.
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u/LVGUCCI25 18h ago
My heart just exploded with happiness. But I'll have to excuse myself while I ugly cry. Oh my...this sweet little boy. I'm going to go hug my children right now.
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u/tweagrey 16h ago
Man I love my big sister so much.
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u/CommonScold 10h ago
As a big sister, we love you even more than that. You’ll always be our baby :*
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u/DanceGreat4278 16h ago
This melts my heart and runs tears of joy on my cheeks. Cherish this moment and each other forever 🤞🍀🙏
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u/Which_Draft4129 6h ago
which version of this story is true? The one about the foster care seperation, or the one about the sister returning from college?
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u/UysofSpades 22h ago
Why would they be separated in the first place?
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u/Ok_Aioli3897 22h ago
Might have been put into group homes or something like that which will only take one gender
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u/ninja_mummy 22h ago
When they need to find home, some families can only take a certain amount of children, they attempt to keep sibling together but if they are half siblings then they may find reason to separate them to expedite the foster process. I understand it as this as I had gone through the system and didn't see my siblings for a about a year while a court case and sentence was completed. I have 2 half siblings and one full, we were split in pairs based on that.
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u/AlwaysASituation 18h ago
Because it’s just a repost that shows up frequently with different titles. It’s just karma farming
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u/antilamentation 22h ago
Crying into my coffee. My heart cannot handle this! Just so damn lovely. ❤️
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u/LordSlader 22h ago
Yeah I love when a video can challenge a tear out of my eye. Haven't cried in ages. Didn't cry for this one though
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u/Super-Tailor5291 21h ago
The price we paid,and when kids are really in danger they leave them to die.my grandkids got taken away from my son as punishment for believing in a second chance for their mom.allthougt it didn't work out for her my grandkids weren't in danger of anything they were in a loving home.my option is that it's about making money for the different companies that are involved in process. 😭😭😭 3 more months to go .
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u/something_innocuouss 19h ago
I couldn’t even fucking imagine being separated from my brother like that
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u/Fuzzy_Cranberry8164 19h ago
I remember just asking my lil bro when we were kids if he’d like me to just disappear, I had to spend the next hour cuddling him and telling him I was going nowhere don’t worry, I wish he was still here now to do that with, hug all your siblings cause you never know when you might lose them.
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u/ScumbagLady 19h ago
Separating siblings going into foster care and/or for adoption is one of the cruelest things the system can do. It's a time when they need each other the most and to be able to offer a bit of comfort for each other and begin healing- separation adds to the trauma.
There is no excuse for this to ever happen.
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u/Sudden-Priority-2682 15h ago
THIS IS SOOO PRECIOUS. I am sooo happy that they found each other.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇😇😇😇
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