When foster mom Yvonne Harrell first invited Tyzhae DeSilva into her home she wasn’t sure if she was up for the challenge.“Everyone thought it would be overwhelming because he is a rambunctious kid, but he has been very good,” she said of her foster child of just over a year.Ms Harrell said her three biological children had already moved out of the house.Seven-year-old Tyzhae has provided her with company and put a lot of fun back into her life.The West End Primary School student wrote in to The Royal Gazette to boast about his foster mom. He said: “I love my Aunt Yvonne so much that I hug her at least ten times a day and tell her how much I love her.“I tell my Aunt Yvonne that I will do anything for her and she will do all the right things so that I grow into a well-mannered, bright young man.“I thank my Aunt Yvonne for taking care of me, cooking good meals and for [allowing] me to become a part of her family. I now have another sister and two brothers, another nana, lots of aunts and cousins who all love me too.”His touching story was selected as runner-up in this newspaper’s MUM-in-a-million contest.Ms Harrell said Tyzhae was good company for her. “My youngest son is away in college. He just went last August so basically it was just me in the house, but the house is active again. I started baking again with cakes and cupcakes, we do everything together.”The two said they love cooking and going shopping for food together. They also enjoy going to church at Cornerstone Bible Fellowship every Sunday; Tyzhae also takes part in some of the church’s after-school programmes.He said: “If I do something bad my Aunt Yvonne tells me to pray about it. At first I told her I did not know how, and she told me to tell God what I did, that I am sorry and ask him to forgive me.“Now I pray all the time, thanks to Aunt Yvonne. We pray for what we need and get it.”Ms Harrell said she has seen so much progress in the youngster over the past year. He is excelling in his P3 class in maths and reading, is currently an ‘A’ student and recently got on the honour role.For Tyzhae, his favourite part of entering the competition was the chance to be pictured in the newspaper again. He was photographed last month with his onion at the Ag Show.But his foster mom said she was just grateful to be recognised by him in time for Mother’s Day.“I am happy to be able to share his love and he is a very loving child. All he needed in his life was someone to love him back, that was all he needed and then he was fine.“He is so loving to me and says he will scratch my back. It’s good having someone around to love. After my son went to school [Tyzhae] filled the void. I help him with his homework every day and have someone to make cupcakes for again.”