HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Fourteen children officially joined their forever families at Holyoke Juvenile Court on Friday in celebration of National Adoption Day.

The annual event had the courtroom filled with joy and celebration and we spoke with Emmanuel Martin, who was adopted by his aunt and uncle who said they’ve been waiting for years for this day. “I was going to say, it took us for a long time, but once we, you know, got into court with it, we were able to…so, I mean, it took a long time, like over seven years to get him, but we’re here,” said Coley and Dominique Martin. “You can’t, you can’t stop somebody when they got their mind made up. That’s all true, you know. Whatever you want to do, you got to do it. You just got to keep going. You can’t let nobody get in your head. You ju

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