It was something he did before bedtime.
He made the same wish every night.
As a foster child in his fourth home, Ben had been living with the Martin family for almost six months.
The mom and dad were nice enough and treated him well and he got along with the coupleâs two children.
But Ben longed for something more, he wanted his own family. He wanted a permanent home.
That was his nightly wish.
Illustration by Cassidy Carthew
With Christmas approaching, kids at school had been busy talking about what they wanted Santa Claus to bring them.
And while Ben thought that a new bike or the latest video game would be nice, he couldnât help but feel jealous of his classmates who talked nonstop about how every year they would wake up on Christmas Day and run downstairs to see what was under the tree.
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