Tatum, 16 years old, MO | 12 DAYS WAITING

Wish submitted by:

Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association

Tatum is in high school and beginning the exciting adventure of learning how to drive. She loves animals, spending time outdoors, and enjoying life's simple pleasures. Tatum is friendly, kindhearted, and known for treating everyone she meets with kindness. Tatum lost both of her parents several years ago and deeply misses them. She also misses her two older siblings, who are living in separate placements. Tatum currently lives with a foster family alongside her three younger siblings, and staying with them is an important part of her life. Tatum has big dreams for her future. Her mother was a nurse, and Tatum hopes to honor her memory by following a similar path. She dreams of becoming an OB nurse one day, caring for mothers and their babies with the same compassion and kindness she shows to those around her. Despite the loss and separation she has experienced, Tatum continues to look toward her future with a caring heart and hope for what lies ahead.

Tatum wishes for a Royal Caribbean cruise with her older siblings, who she is currently separated from because they live in different foster care placements. After losing both of her parents several years ago, being apart from her siblings has added another difficult loss to Tatum’s life. She deeply misses the everyday moments and memories they would normally share. A cruise would give Tatum and her older siblings the chance to reconnect, laugh, explore somewhere new, and enjoy being together without the challenges of distance and separate placements. For Tatum, this wish is about more than a vacation. It is a chance to spend meaningful time with the people she loves and misses while creating happy memories they can hold onto when they have to be apart.