Nightline will be right back. Caring and lovable. So when did you first allow yourself to dream of being adopted by the hawthorns . Probably about a year after being in foster care. When my sisters told me about them and told me how nice they were and i saw them at visits. And i just really wanted to be adopted by them ever since then. Reporter it would take this group six months and require the help of their state senator for the hawthorns to make it official to become a forever family. So youre the hawthorn 15 . Hawthorn yeah. Hawthorn 15. Reporter micah is terri and mikes youngest biological child, now 21. I remember the day so clearly. We came and sat down at our Kitchen Table and they were just like, you know, this is a really big commitment and its a big commitment for our age. Its a big commitment for this many children. And its an even bigger commitment with their behavior issues. Reporter an aspiring actress, micah was then weeks shy of moving to hollywood. And we are well pas