Meet Maria, a 3-year-old baby girl who started her journey to find a caring home when she was just 9 months old.
There is no information on her past life, as her first home has been an orphanage for kids with special needs in Cavite, Philippines.
As CNN reported, Utah spouses Adrianne and Jason Stewart, loved her at first glance.
After that, the couple could not forget her lively smiley face.
Soon, after a long process of signing lots of paperwork, they went to the country to meet their baby girl in 2014.
The kind Stewards had already adopted a son from the Philippines before.
Besides, they also had 2 biological daughters.
Before Maria, they had never thought of fostering a special child.
However, one single photo changed their whole life.
Especially the woman who fell in love with the tiny helpless baby.
Her maternal instinct arouse when she just saw her picture.
The woman confessed that it was hard when they did not even know when Maria would finally learn muscle control.
Though she is already 3 years old, and her fate is not so distinct the couple is extremely happy about having their baby girl.
As they say, the baby made them stronger and helped them to look at the world more positively.
