Coming Out of Foster Care and Using My Voice for the Vulnerable
I went into the foster care system when I was four years old. A few months later, I was reunited with my mom, but she struggled immensely with mental illness, which caused her to be abusive and neglectful. So, I went back into the foster care system at age twelve.
The Intermingling of Joy and Suffering
I lived with a single mother diagnosed with severe mental illness. When I went into the foster care system, I believed I’d find my forever family that would heal the hole in my heart. But hope was squashed when I aged out of the foster care system alone. I was taken in, as an adult, by a loving family, but I…