Terri and Michael Hawthorn didn’t think they were ready to adopt a child, let alone seven. That all changed in 2018, however, and on Dec 3, 2018, after a lengthy court battle, a judge finalized all seven smiling siblings’ adoption papers.
A few years ago, the couple from Arkansas decided to try fostering children in need of homes from the state’s foster care system, a decision that eventually turned into a much larger commitment.