Jamar Goff
Jamar came into the Drummond family’s life when Ree’s husband, Ladd, “met him a couple of times during high school football practice” one summer. The teen, who had transferred from the Tulsa area just “a few months before,” also became friends with her sons, Bryce and Todd, through their mutual love of sports.
Although fostering was “never something” Ree and Ladd ever “pursued or felt called to do,” inviting Jamar into their home was “entirely situational,” she explained. “Jamar’s circumstances presented themselves to us in a way we couldn’t ignore — so, long story short, all six-foot-five-inches of him showed up at our house one afternoon, bag in hand, ready to move in.”
Since he’s joined their loving clan, Jamar has had no issues about getting along with his new siblings. Aside from the usual “chaos and disruption” of having more “adolescent males” in their home, Ree said her boys have created quite the brotherly bond.
“This summer, Bryce and Jamar started fishing together, which always helps bring young men together,” she wrote. “Fishing was all Jamar’s idea. It turned out that fishing completely transformed Bryce’s free time over the summer, and I was so appreciative that I decided I wanted to get Jamar some new fishing gear to thank him for helping Bryce — and all their friends, who slowly started joining the fishing gang.”
On top of fishing, the photographer said Jamar is “a kid with aspirations to [have] a football career” one day. It seems that dream may be coming true as Ree revealed Jamar “officially signed” to play college football. The proud foster mama revealed Jamar would be attending college and playing football at the University of Central Oklahoma.
“I’m so proud of him and so grateful for his friends, coaches and community for supporting him in countless ways,” she wrote alongside pics of the two during a visit to the campus. “And I’m grateful for Jamar himself — his hard work, his commitment and his presence in our family.” How amazing!