A tiny shoe should be tied on a squirming foot. One child holds up an etch-a-sketch drawing, while another is doodling on a chalk board. Toys are cleared away from the kitchen while cookie sheets of English muffin pizzas are popped into the oven. Family dinners can mean a little chaos and a lot of kids at the Ligon home. Mom, Crystal, and dad, John, live in Greenville County, along with their daughters Adison, 15; Sophia, 7; Charleigh, 5; and two foster babies. The little boy is 2-years-old, and the youngest, a little girl, is 15 months. WYFF News 4 Investigates is not naming the two youngest children, or showing their faces in the video story, because they are still in the South Carolina foster system. John and Crystal said they are in the process of adopting both their youngest foster children, but the courts are backlogged. “We have probably about one more hearing, John said, sitting next to Crystal on their family s living room couch. The pandemic slowed that down be
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Todd and Andrea Forringer with their adopted son Jackson, 18, at the family home in Chesnee, S.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Jackson said he didn’t have any expectation of getting adopted at 16 because “who adopts a 16 year old . more >CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) - Mother’s Day is for homemade cards, brunches, flowers and candy.
This year, it will be even sweeter for one Upstate family thanks to them saying “yes” to a question and a call they never expected.
Andrea Forringer remembers her husband, Todd, coming home from a work trip in 2015 and suggesting they should consider becoming foster parents. Andrea admits she was initially apprehensive about the thought of fostering children.