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Children living in foster care often have to grow up faster than other kids their age. That?s why a day out at the Texas Fair and Rodeo was just what 13-year-old Marques needed to let loose. We had a fun afternoon playing some carnival games and he opened up about why he wants to be adopted.

"I do sports,? Marques said. ?So my whole season so far in 7th grade is sports."

Marques loves basketball and football the most, but his talents go far beyond athletics.

?My favorite subject in school is math,? Marques said. ?I'm just really good at math.?

Marques hopes to use his talents to help him travel the world when he grows up.

"One day I went to the beach and I want to travel back there," he said.

But first, he wants to be adopted.

"So I have a place to live, and pretty much a family," Marques said.

Living in foster care can sometimes feel like being a ping-pong ball, bouncing around from home to home, just hoping and waiting to land someplace permanent.

Marques doesn't have a long list of wants in a forever family.

"Someone nice and the rest it doesn't really matter."

For the family who adopts Marques they'd be hitting the jackpot. He?s a helpful, loving kid, hoping to find a forever family, who loves him just as much.

Marques said he also loves to dance and do anything fun outside of the house. When he grows up, he thinks he might like to be a police officer or a professional athlete.

For more information about Marques, please contact the Adoption Coalition of Texas at info@adopttexas.org

Source: http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/291569/forever-families---athletic-13-year-old-boy-looks-for-forever-home

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