Heartwarming photos show the joy of adoption after foster care

  • "More love than we could ever imagine, foster care is the hardest and most rewarding thing we will ever do."
    "More love than we could ever imagine, foster care is the hardest and most rewarding thing we will ever do." Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "848 days in foster care until now, welcome to your FOREVER FAMILY <3"
    "848 days in foster care until now, welcome to your FOREVER FAMILY <3"  Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
  • "Family isn't always blood. They just got adopted together and are officially brothers"
    "Family isn't always blood. They just got adopted together and are officially brothers" Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
  • "This incredible family adopted all 5 siblings so they wouldn't be separated. And thank you so much for including us in ...
    "This incredible family adopted all 5 siblings so they wouldn't be separated. And thank you so much for including us in this special day." Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "Over 100,000 children in foster care are waiting to be adopted. Thanks to the McGinnis family, there is one less."
    "Over 100,000 children in foster care are waiting to be adopted. Thanks to the McGinnis family, there is one less." Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
  • "In 2011, we provided this young man with a bicycle on our tour across the country. Susannah Steele was one of the ...
    "In 2011, we provided this young man with a bicycle on our tour across the country. Susannah Steele was one of the volunteers that was at the the event that day. Little did they know that one day they would meet again and both of their lives would be changed forever. Today, Susannah and Ben Steele officially adopted him and their last name could not be any more perfect. (WHY SUPERMAN? SUPERMAN WAS ADOPTED)" Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "After 965 days in #fostercare , he has finally found his forever family. You're never to old to be adopted."
    "After 965 days in #fostercare , he has finally found his forever family. You're never to old to be adopted." Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
  • "After 907 days of being in foster care, she has been officially Adopted <3 !"
    "After 907 days of being in foster care, she has been officially Adopted <3 !" Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "He spent 4 years at the hospital then another 2 in foster care but he is home now!"
    "He spent 4 years at the hospital then another 2 in foster care but he is home now!" Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "It took 4 years, but she finally found her FOREVER FAMILY"
    "It took 4 years, but she finally found her FOREVER FAMILY" Photo: Instagram/togetherwerise
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  • "More love than we could ever imagine, foster care is the hardest and most rewarding thing we will ever do."
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  • "848 days in foster care until now, welcome to your FOREVER FAMILY <3"
  • "Family isn't always blood. They just got adopted together and are officially brothers"
  • "This incredible family adopted all 5 siblings so they wouldn't be separated. And thank you so much for including us in ...
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  • "Over 100,000 children in foster care are waiting to be adopted. Thanks to the McGinnis family, there is one less."
  • "In 2011, we provided this young man with a bicycle on our tour across the country. Susannah Steele was one of the ...
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  • "After 965 days in #fostercare , he has finally found his forever family. You're never to old to be adopted."
  • "After 907 days of being in foster care, she has been officially Adopted <3 !"
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  • "He spent 4 years at the hospital then another 2 in foster care but he is home now!"
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  • "It took 4 years, but she finally found her FOREVER FAMILY"

Children living in foster care can feel like their future is less than clear. But that uncertainty disappears the day they are adopted by their "forever family". 

A series of heartwarming images shared by US foster care group Together We Rise show the joy of adoption.

The pictures, which feature on the organisation's Instagram page, show children of all ages holding signs recording the number of days they spent in foster care until they found their forever family.

"With so much negative news surrounding foster care we just want highlight the positive with amazing adoptions that are happening every day," TWR Executive Director Gianna Dahlia told The Huffington Post.

"There are many negative stereotypes surrounding kids in foster care, but they are just children who want loving families and there are families out there fighting for them," she added.

"We just want to inspire those families either going through the process or considering the adoption process that it can be done and it is worth it."

One image shows a family of five children who were all adopted together after almost two years in foster care. Another shows a little girl who has been in foster care for most of her short life. 

Yet another shows a boy in his late teens, with the caption "You're never too old to be adopted."  

TWR is a volunteer organisation which aims to better the lives of children in the US foster care system by funding resources such as school supplies, bicycles and educational programs.

It also educates volunteers and foster families about the adoption process.

See the images in the gallery above and on the Together We Rise Instagram account.