Charee Godwin-Smith and her husband, Kerry Smith, always wanted to adopt another child. They just never imagined he'd be a 20-something Marine aviation operations specialist.
"...Three months later, just before Mother's Day, 2010, we officially became a family of five. You'd never know Billy wasn't an original cast member. He's laid-back, sarcastic, and rolls with the punches, just like us. And the adoption has taught our girls the real meaning of family: It's built on love and experience, not DNA." - Charee Godwin-Smith
"Before, every decision I made, I made it for me. Now I consider what my mom, dad, or sisters might do. There's a sense of belonging to something bigger than myself." - Billy
Billy was 14 and living in a home for abused and neglected children where Charee was the development director. Billy's mother had passed away when he was 15, and he'd listed Charee as his next of kin in his paperwork for the Marines.
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