Simone Biles, the most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time, credited her success to her parents and adoption.
On an interview with TODAY, Honda asked, “You were someone who dreamt of being a gymnast, and you’re here today. So if you had to answer this question: ‘If not for blank, I would not be here today.’ If not for blank … who’s that person?”
“If not for my parents and adoption, I wouldn’t be here today,” Simone responded.
At three years old, Simone and her three siblings were placed in foster care because their mom, who struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, was in and out of jail. In 2017, Biles explained to TODAY, “I never had mom to run to. I do remember always being hungry and afraid.”
“Whenever we had visits with my grandpa, I was so excited,” she said through tears. “That was the person I always wanted to see walk into the foster home.”
Three years after Simone and her siblings were put into foster care, she and her younger sister, Adria, were adopted by Ronald Biles, their biological grandfather, and his wife Nellie. Their other two siblings were adopted by Ronald’s sister.
Simone expressed that she would never forget the day Ronald and Nellie asked, “OK, you know how you called us Grandma and Grandpa? You can call us Mom and Dad now, if you want to.”
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Although she owes her success to her adoption, Simone Biles still claims to be pro-choice. She expressed that because the foster care system is tough, and adoption is expensive, she justifies abortion.
However, she is a living testimony of the beauty that can come from a broken foster care experience. Simone’s story shows other children in foster care that they, too, can make history.
“My parents saved me,” Biles said. “They’ve set huge examples of how to treat other people, and they’ve been there to support me since day one. There’s nothing I could say to them to thank them enough.”
She described adoption as a turning point in her life, saying, “I would still be Simone Biles, probably not Simone Biles that everybody else knows, the world knows. But I also believe everything happens for a reason, and I’m forever grateful for that because I definitely got a second shot at life.”
Join us in praying for the 113,000 children in the foster care system, waiting to be adopted. We pray that the Lord comforts them and shows them His love. We also pray for families, that God will begin to open their hearts to adoption.
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