Luna, 3 years old, VA

Luna twirls before she walks into any room, and she’ll dance to anything with a beat. She loves being outside more than anything, chasing butterflies, collecting leaves, and running barefoot through the grass whenever she can. Luna’s mom is a young woman who is still in foster care herself, a teenager who became a parent while still navigating a system that hasn’t always given her a stable place to land. Together, they’ve faced the housing instability and uncertainty that come from a mother trying to raise her daughter while still being raised herself, working toward a safe place of their own with limited family support. Luna is a joyful, affectionate little girl who has no idea how hard her mom is fighting for her, and her mom would do anything to give her a childhood full of laughter and security.

Wishes submitted by:

The Friends of Foster Care