Roman Nehemiah Balassaitis was adopted just hours before his 18th birthday.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. — An extra special birthday present for a young man in Clay County. Just hours before turning 18, he was adopted. It was sheer joy inside the Clay County Historic Courthouse Tuesday afternoon as Roman Nehemiah officially became a Balassaitis. “I was sweating bad. My heart was beating. I was very happy,” Roman Balassaitis. said. “It means I have someone to go to. It means if I need someone to talk to, I have people to talk to now.
“I know he's very relieved. We're relieved. He’s going to do so well. He really is. He just needed to know people believed in him, and he was wanted and chosen. That's a big deal for kids in care at any age, but especially older kids," Renee Balassaitis said."And I want other kids are aging out of the system to know that you might not be adopted in the nick of time. But there are people that will choose to love you if you can dare to trust us.
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