Her blue eyes looked down into his brown ones. His brown hand grabbed her peach finger.

“So beautiful.”

They were complete opposites, but that didn’t matter to either of them. Perfect matches weren’t based on color: eyes, skin, hair. This was a perfect match.

“Welcome home,” said the foster mom.

Melanie Gabbard is a mother of four: one biological, three adopted from foster care. She won a short story competition with Writer’s Digest and wrote a short screenplay that was adapted for film.