Rambunctious and a free spirit is how Melinda’s foster mother describes this 13-year-old girl with brown hair and captivating light blue eyes.

Mindy came into the care of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in January 2001. Since that time, she has always lived in family foster homes and has resided in the same home since August 2001.

Mindy is healthy overall. She will be entering ninth grade this fall and is an average student. Mindy has many goals and strengths – becoming an accomplished tennis player, refining her beautiful singing voice and learning to play the piano. Her other interests include kayaking, music, dancing, drama and stage and fashion design. Mindy is creative and athletic and has a wonderful sense of humor.

Mindy is pleasant, friendly and outgoing and is proud of her individual accomplishments in tennis. She has been playing tennis regularly for three years and is considered to be a very good player. She loves to sing and dance and worked on a set design this past school year for a play that the third-grade pupils in her school district presented.

Mindy participates in individual therapy on a weekly basis and will need to continue that therapy. The most appropriate home for Mindy would be in a two-parent family or with a single female parent in a home where she is the youngest child.

Mindy needs a family that can offer her a home environment with consistency, structure, lots of love and nurturing, and clear rules and expectations. Mindy has three biological sisters, and it is important for her to have regular contact with them as she matures.

For more information about Mindy or the 229 other Maine children seeking an adoptive home, please contact A Family For ME at (877) 505-0545 or www.afamilyforme.org.