- I'm back with Zachary Quinto.
Also with us via Skype are Anya Taylor-Joy
and Kimberly Schlapman.
Give it up! (clapping)
On any given day, almost half a million kids
in this country are living in foster care.
Almost all of them wait for these words.
- Words cannot express how much I love you.
I am so thankful you got to move in with us
right before Christmas.
We love having you here,
even when you fart or get sassy with me.
You really complete our life.
We want to know if you will join team Shrewsbury.
Will you let us adopt you?
(sniffling)
- (clapping) Woo.
That's 13 year old Miracle learning that the couple
that adopted her brother three years ago
was also adopting her.
Now in just two weeks,
they'll share their first Thanksgiving together as a family.
Let's welcome, Sarah and Martin,
along with Miracle and her brother, Kahari.
How y'all doing? (clapping)
- Hey Kelly!
- So everybody meet Zachary, meet Anya and Kimberly.
- Hi. - Hi everybody.
- Hey y'all! - Hi!
- Everybody.
So tell us, Sarah and Martin,
tell us how you became a family.
How'd this all start?
- So we always knew that we wanted to adopt.
We never even tried to have our own kids.
We knew from the beginning that we were going to adopt.
The day we got licensed,
we had three children placed with us.
Kahari, Miracle, and Cadence.
Unfortunately Kahari had already been through
so much trauma,
the social worker said Miracle
needed to be in a home by herself.
So she was placed in another home to get help.
And since then, we've adopted four other kids
and she was in a pre-adoptive placement
and it did not work out
and she needed a place to come last year
and so she moved in with us right before Christmas.
And I knew the week she was here,
that this was our forever kid.
She wasn't going to go anywhere else.
- Aw, Martin, how do you feel about that?
- She's always been a part of the family
even before she lived with us.
I'm just glad that she's finally in a home
with her biological brother
and she's perfect addition to the family.
She's just as crazy as the rest of us.
- Well, Miracle.
What was going through your mind
when you read the letter from Sarah and Martin?
'Cause that was a beautiful thing that was caught on video.
Just for us to watch, what a beautiful moment.
- When I got the letter, I was like so nervous.
And when I sat down in the seat,
I read the second sentence
and it took me 45 minutes to realize to say yes.
And I was like really, really scared.
I didn't know what to say.
And I'm actually really happy that I got adopted.
- Well, Zachary, how do you define family?
'Cause I always feel like you choose your family, too.
- Yeah, chosen family's so important.
I mean, I feel like it's just about love.
It's about nurturing,
whether it's an adopted family or biological family.
I think it's about a network of support,
knowing that you have people
that are always there for you to rely on.
- And the good and bad. - (Zachary) Absolutely.
- Yeah, I agree.
Anya, what about for you?
- Family is home.
Chosen, biological.
It's the people who pick you up and take care of you
and you're allowed to reciprocate
and you hold each other up.
It's beautiful.
- Agreed.
Well, Miracle, it must be great to be back
under the same roof with your brother, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
Siblings are fun to grow up around.
You get to pick on each other
and you still have to love each other. (laughs)
Kahari's like, don't pick on me, man.
(laughter) Kahari, Kahari, what about you?
How are you feeling?
- It feels great to have my sister
back under the same roof with me.
- Yeah.
That's awesome, man.
Kimberly, what would you say to someone considering adoption
since you've been through the process, obviously?
- I say, if you have it in your heart,
you have to go for it
because there's a baby out there waiting for you.
If you want a baby or a child,
look at these beautiful children
who finally found their home.
If you want a child in your family,
there is one out there.
God already has it picked out for you.
You just have to believe and do what it takes to get there,
and it will happen.
- Yeah. Well Sarah and Martin, what would you say as well?
Since y'all believe in adoption
and you love the process, obviously.
Like what would you say to people
who are considering adopting?
- It is not the easiest thing in the world.
It is super hard, but they are so worth it.
Every kid is worth everything
that you have to go through to get them.
And every kid deserves a loving home
where they're loved and cared about and cherished.
- Yeah.
It's almost, I always felt,
I've had friends that have adopted,
they said the process is hard too.
And I'm always like,
it's almost a good heads up though.
Like for people that don't have kids
and they're thinking about adopting,
it's like, it's a good heads up,
'cause it's hard work. (laughs)
Like having children is hard work.
Like biological, adoptive, doesn't matter.
So it's almost a good thing.
You work so hard for something because it is worth it.
Because those hearts and those little kids are worth it.
So I mean, you know, it's not such a bad thing I guess,
if you're looking for silver lining in that, but.