A Michigan principal took a chance on a troubled foster teen three years ago when she was left with nowhere to go for Christmas, but her two-week stay didn't go as planned when he realized she completed their family, and she was legally adopted.
Jeremy Wright, 49, was working as a principal in Plainwell, a small town about a half hour south of Grand Rapids, when he learned that one of his students, Bridgett, then 15, was being kicked out of her foster home.
Jeremy revealed in an interview with PEOPLE that Bridgett would have to be alone in an office building over the holiday, so he asked his wife, Jennifer, if they could take her in.
Initially, Jennifer said no because they already had two kids, and Bridgett had a difficult upbringing.
The Wrights told PEOPLE that Bridgett had addictions to marijuana and alcohol, and was kicked out of her last foster home for stealing $300.
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