Heartbreaking interview with boy, 14, in foster care who just wants a family of his own

A 14-year-old Texas teen who is successful foster attraction shared his heartbreaking beingness communicative successful hopes of yet being adopted by a everlastingly family. 

Enoch, 14, said helium dreams of someday having a household of his own, and shared however helium overcame his troubled puerility by uncovering his passionateness for cooking. 

'In my past, I grew up with not having that overmuch food,' helium told KVUE as helium appeared successful the outlet's play conception highlighting a kid successful the foster attraction strategy successful Texas. 

A freshman successful precocious school, Enoch said helium learned to navigator astatine a young property and has utilized it arsenic an outlet to get him done life's curveballs ever since. 

'Coming backmost up, I retrieve my past,' helium said. 

'So, you know, I conscionable emotion food. I person a bully passionateness for it, clearly, arsenic you see.' 

Enoch said helium has ne'er genuinely had a family, but has not fixed up anticipation of someday being adopted. 

'I've ne'er truly had a family. I don't cognize my regular parents, I don't cognize my biological, I don't adjacent cognize fractional my family,' helium said. 

Enoch said the lone household members helium has ever been alert of were his sisters, but helium had not seen them successful years due to the fact that they each sat successful the foster attraction strategy passim their childhoods. 

'I person 2 small sisters, [but] the past clip I saw them, I was 7. And it was connected their birthday, and I ne'er saw them again,' helium said. 

Without loved ones to look retired for him, Enoch said cooking for different radical became a mode for him to find a purpose. 

As helium showed the camera crews astir the kitchen, Enoch fried shrimp and made an elote crockery with Texas cook Dylan McShan. 

'You cognize what they say, 'If you aren't sneezing, you aren't seasoning,' the 14-year-old added. 

McShan said helium hoped Enoch continued his passionateness for cooking, saying 'if helium sticks with it, I truly deliberation helium tin get determination with it. 

'I truly bash deliberation cooking tin instrumentality you wherever you privation to go,' helium said. 'Cooking is each astir instincts, and Enoch has them.' 

Those looking to follow Enoch oregon wanting to larn much astir it tin sojourn the Heart Gallery of Central Texas, wherever the teen is described connected his illustration arsenic besides being a 'big Green Bay Packers Fan.' 

'He’d emotion to effort karate, weightlifting, and hiking outdoors. Enoch is precise progressive and loves sports,' his illustration reads. 

'All that vigor is sustained by his favourite foods- each things seafood, and Mexican food.'