An Ohio high school student surprised his mom by asking her to prom.
Trey Potter said he wanted to show his mother, MelissaRoshan (MelRo) Potter, how much he admires her after everything she’s been through in her life.
“She never had that experience and she’s risked so much for throughout my life and made so many sacrifices. I thought it would be the right thing to do,” Trey Potter told 6abc
MelRo Potter grew up living in 23 different foster care homes. She ended up pregnant and homeless at 16.
“My mother was raped when she was 13 and I am the product from that rape. And as a result I lived in the foster care system and didn’t hear any positive reinforcements that I was valuable or worthy,” mother MelRo Potter said.
MelRo was abused in some of the foster homes, but fought through the pain and raised her son alone. She was later discovered as a model and landed several magazine covers.
Potter turned her life around and is now an advocate for foster care children.
Credit: wate.com
