Wednesday's Child - Sean


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SALT LAKE CITY — When it comes to Sean, what you see, or in this case, hear, isn't always what you get.

"One thing people learn about me is my voice doesn't match my body," Sean said.

This 17-year-old may sound pretty mature but he's still a kid at heart.

On Wednesday, he spent his time at the go-kart track. "It just sounded cool and it is," Sean said.

This is the closest he ever been to driving. Sean doesn't have a driver's license.

"You have to have someone willing to sign for the insurance which isn't exactly easy," he explained. "A lot of foster families just won't. It's kind of hard to do, especially since I'm a foster kid."

He's been in state custody since he was 13-years-old. The road to state custody has been a bumpy one.

"She (mother) kind of took off on her own for a while and my dad kind of had struggles himself for a while kind of getting it all settled and so I just ended up being independent."

Independence meant homelessness, crisscrossing the country alone.

"I've been to New York, California and places like that all on my own," Sean said.

He's known a life full of hardships, but you'd never really know.

"What's the point in being sad about myself or sad about life," Sean asked. "There are people out there who have it harder than I do."

Now, Sean says he wants to get his life back on track. That means stability.

"I don't really know what family looks like except for in the picture perfect stuff like that," he said.

Sean deserves the chance to find out what a loving family can really be like.

"I'm just going to keep myself going," he said. "There ain't anybody else to do it so I may as well keep myself going."

To learn more about Sean or the many other children living in the Utah foster care system, contact The Adoption Exchange at 801-265-0444.

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