‘I really want a mom’: 24-year-old asks former school resource officer to adopt her
Shay Roberson quickly typed the words into her phone. She knew she would never be able to say them out loud.
“Can you think about adopting me one day?” she asked via text. “I really want a mom.”
The Indiana native’s early dream of reuniting with her biological family had faded long before she aged out of the foster care system. Now, at 24 years old, Shay wondered if she might have another chance at a family.
Shay sent the text to Ginnie Wing, her former school resource officer. Wing, now the police chief of Brownsburg Community School Corp., was already Shay’s safe place, her emotional support system and the person she never wanted to let down.
Shay wanted Wing to be more.
Shay looked at the text she had sent, and panicked. She quickly fired off another: “You don’t have to respond just think about it.”
