Peter and Anthony

Imagine you are an eleven year old boy. You are living with your family that adopted you when you were two. At age eleven that changes and they abandon you at a hospital, no longer wanting you. Social services is called and they don't have any where to put you. There are no foster homes available.

Imagine you are Peter and you had just sent your last foster child home. You are looking forward to some well deserved time off. Then your phone rings and it is social services calling to see if you can take a young boy. At first you say no but the case worker tells him if he says no then the boy will have to go to a group home. They then ask if he can take him for the weekend.

Anthony is brought to Peters house and as they are talking, Peter tells him you can call me Peter. Anthony asks if he can call him dad. After the weekend Peter realizes he has to keep Anthony, he can't send him back. He tells his case worker on Monday that he intends to keep Anthony.

Why does Peter do this? Why is he taking in foster children? North Carolina dad Peter Mutabazi understands what it means to be given a second chance.

Born in Uganda to an abusive father, Mutabazi ran away when he was 10 years old. He said he struggled on the streets until a Good Samaritan took him in.

When it came time for Peter to officially adopt Anthony, it was a special occasion. By that time Anthony had turned thirteen, but what was even more wonderful or ironic the judge who over saw Anthony's adoption when he was two was the same judge who over saw this adoption.

To make this occasion even more special four days later, Peter earned his United States Citizenship. Peter was transferred from Oklahoma City, OK to Charlotte, NC for his work. Anthony told him he was scared to fly because he had never done so. Peter told him not too worry because he would be right beside him the entire way.

Since then, Mutabazi has fostered more than a dozen children, including his adopted son, Anthony, who was placed with him in 2018 after being abandoned by his adoptive parents at age 11.

"He has no family — he had no where else to go," Mutabazi explained.

Upon placement, Anthony asked whether he could call Mutabazi "dad."

"I just wanted somewhere that I could feel safe and secure and I knew that I could stay there without worrying about moving somewhere else," Anthony told Hoda on TODAY.

More than anything, Mutabazi wanted to make Anthony his son.

"Anthony would always ask me, 'Hey Dad, when will I be officially adopted?'" Mutabazi said. "And of course, with foster care you never know when."

On Nov. 12, 2019, Anthony's adoption was made official.

"I could not sleep for about two days just waiting for the day," the proud dad shared. "It was really neat to see that happen that he had my last name, which he had wanted for a long time."

What is my opinion on this adoption? I have no problems with it. If look at the pictures, both of them look extremely happy. Peter adopted another teenager who recently turned eighteen giving him two adopted sons. He also has a brother and sister duo at that are much younger. I saw a picture of all five of them together the other day. They all had smiles, but they weren't forced, they were happy smiles.