In 1985, Jonah Pierce—young, broke, wearing a pale pink shirt—walked into family court and demanded to adopt three black baby girls in matching pink lace dresses. Everyone said he was reckless. Even his fiancée walked away. But he refused to let the sisters be torn apart.
Forty years later, the world would see what his impossible choice created: three women who changed lives, and the father who never let go.
The year was 1985. A cracked linoleum floor, the smell of disinfectant, and the hum of tired fluorescent lights marked the county foster office. Jonah Pierce sat stiff in his chair, his pale pink ribbed shirt damp under the arms, his jaw clenched.
Across from him, three toddlers clung together on a worn couch. Three black baby girls in matching pink lace dresses, wide blue eyes scanning every movement in the room. They were quiet—almost too quiet—as if afraid sound itself might….Read Full Story Here……………..
