Adoption Through Foster Care

Adoption Foster Care Six biological siblings and their adoptive mother make up The Myrant Family.

by Rose Ann Haven

Published: Tue, November 17, 2009 - 3:12 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, November 17, 2009 - 6:48 pm CST

MOBILE, Alabama - Why would a young single woman with hopes of meeting Mr. Right one day and having her own biological children....adopt six children?
Angela Myrant calls it divine intervention.
As part of National Adoption Awareness Month, we introduce you to The Myrant Family.

These are The Myrants. India is eleven, Dewayne is 13, Ailiana 7, Jacob 9, Isaiah is 10, and Sherria is 6.
"We all fitted together. Everything is working out great. All love each other. We're just one big happy family", says Angela.

Everyone has chores to do. Their mom is a single full time working mother.

"We get up every morning at six o'clock and it's like soldier work. We all marching around doing what we're assigned to do and we're out the door", says Anglea.

With no intentions of adopting children, seven years ago Angela agreed to foster a child. But, the more of them she met, the more she fell in love.

Angela says,
"And you can just see the awesomeness of God when you can see children that don't know you and accept you as their mom and to say 'I'm going to love her'. She's going to be with us. She's going to be our mom".

All of the children are biological siblings. In march of this year. Angela legally became their mother adopting all six.

"She takes good care of us", says India.

Theirs is a Christian home full of love, laughter, and prayer...lots of prayer.

Angela says,
"A lot of people say the kids are so blessed to have someone like me, but I like to turn the table around because I cannot imagine my life without them. So I feel the one that's blessed because I have them".

Right now, about 630 children are in foster care in Mobile County. The Department of Human Resources says when a child becomes free for adoption, 75 to 80 percent of the children are adopted by their foster parents.
For more information on a 12 week training course to becoming a foster parent call 251.450.9100.

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southfan1981 Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:39 pm

Congratulations to Ms. Myrant. Kudos to the kids for getting such a great mom by choice. Sometimes things work out just as they should. I hope you all find “daddy right” one day but it looks like you already know how to do it right!

BTW, helping this mom raise her kids right through a stipend is MUCH cheaper than paying the price later.

Best wishes family~!

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cissiebee Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:06 pm

Nah no, I’m a d@#$ Indian. Just a fourth but you people owe me. Right? You got the national native american hotline crisis number? I don’t think you people take us serious anymore.

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rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:50 pm

Haha. Aren’t you supposed to be PC and say “Native American?“lol I’m informed and edumicated (intentional misspelling) thanks to the news!hehe

PS-Last month was National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Now the government thinks mammograms and BSE are irrelevant.Go figure.

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cissiebee Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:42 pm

You make this stuff up as you go? What website do I need to check out to find out what month it is? Here I am just thinking it’s Thanksgiving. I’m trying to get a suntan so I can go as an Indian while all you pale pilgrims wear silly hats and give me firewater.

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rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:30 pm

Because it’s National Adoption Awareness Month!
And Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and Stop Smoking month…....

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cissiebee Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:26 pm

Why did this even make the news?

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rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:25 pm

Kx-I think it works like that to foster OR adopt. I believe she said that if you adopt 3 or more,or if you adopt a special needs child-then you get insurance and a stipend. The same is true for fostering,if I’m not mistaken. There are some precious children on their website. I wish I could add a few more to my crew…...

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rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:22 pm

Wow! I’ve got my hands full with 4 (5 if you count the husband-lol). How difficult is it to adopt through the DHR system here? I know about 10 years ago, we were going to adopt (a relative) from out of state through DHR. It was a most grueling process!

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cissiebee Says:

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:18 pm

I foster dogs for ARF for free. They try to give me food but I decline.

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