Being a foster parent means making a change in a child’s life. These people are compassionate and caring and always ready to open their hearts and homes to minors in need of love and kindness.

Lamont Thomas from Buffalo, New York, has devoted the last 20 years of his life fostering children. Speaking to Good Morning America of the time he welcomed the first child, this amazing man says, “In the beginning, I was helping out some friends. They had lost their child to the system. I went on and got certified and became a foster parent. I haven’t stopped since.”

Believe it or not, Lamont has fostered more than 30 kids, five of which he officially adopted. So with his two biological children, Anthony and LaMonica, he became a father of seven.

The first kid Lamont adopted is Michael Thomas. He’s now 27 and recalls the time he became part of the family.

“He was my third foster home and it ended up being my forever home,” Michael said. “He [knew] my biological parents.”

“Lamont never turned [a child] away,” Michael added. “They either aged out or went back home to their own families.”

With seven kids to take care of on his own, Lamont knew he was done adopting, but then he came across a very special case that made him change his mind.

Five siblings aged 5,4,3,2 and 1, who were children of one of Lamont’s foster kids were placed in foster homes themselves. Lamont was sad the kids got to experience their parent’s fate, and his heart tore apart when he learned Zendaya, Jamel, Nakia, Major, and Michaela were separated. Not only they were taken in by four different families, but they were also in four different cities.

Sadly, that meant one thing, that they wouldn’t be raised together.

That’s when Lamont stepped in. He just couldn’t let the siblings spend their childhood without being by each other’s side so he re-certified as a foster parent and adopted all of them.

Some of his older kids had moved from the house already and had families on their own, so Lamont knew he was making the right decision as he could devote all his time to the new addition to the family.

“I was fighting to keep back the tears,” he said of his adoption day with Judge Lisa Rodwin. “Every day I think about it, my eyes swell up. All that we endured to make this happen, it was something.”

This incredible single dad was now a father of 12 children. He knew things wouldn’t be easy, but he was willing to give it a go.

“They bring new energy to me,” Lamont shared. “They’re lovable kids, very affectionate. They deserve to be raised as siblings, and that was my fight.”

10+ People Who’d Really Like to Restart Their Unfortunate Day

Statistics show that people who believe in bad luck will have more accidents on Friday the 13th. Our brains also seem to only hold onto the ill-fated times — like when we drop an egg on the floor, that memory will stay with us for quite some time, even if we successfully didn’t drop it hundreds of times.

Shared sorrow is half a sorrow, and on this note, Bright Side found 17 people who would like to push the “undo” button on their terrible day.

1. “This tree fell and pulled the whole lawn up with it.”

2. “My friend’s car was squished by a tree earlier today after some high winds.”

3. “Started a new job and was told they recycle their earplugs at the end of every shift. I think I’ll just go buy my own.”

4. “I dropped my deep fat fryer on my wooden floor.”

5. “We had a huge storm the other day, and this happened to my friend.”

6. “The watermelon I grew”

7. “That’s my luggage, and it’s not on the plane.”

8. “I have a shy bladder and walked into my worst nightmare.”

9. “The one time I decided to drive instead of ride my bike, this happened halfway to work.”

10. “All I wanted was to make myself some orange juice.”

11. “How my friend’s Friday the 13th started out”

12. “I’ve seen it happen in movies but never dreamed I would see it in real life.”

13. “Just so you know, a 10-foot pipe does not fit in a Toyota RAV4.”

14. “Ate a huge bag of trail mix for about 1 month. Got to the bottom and found 3 rusty screws.”

15. “If you were a cat, there’s a 9/10 chance you’d be named ’Socks.’”

16. “My bedroom ceiling collapsed.”

17. “Tenants called today to tell me the toilet wouldn’t flush, the plumber turned up to this.”

What’s worse — a sock sliding down inside one of your shoes or wearing wet socks? How do you spoil yourself on those days when nothing seems to go right?