Most of my friends growing up were in foster care. All the fostered children I’ve met aren’t bad, nothing like that. When they're around the foster parents they seem hesitant about every thing they do.
I had a close friend (she was Native American like me) in 6th grade that moved to our school because her foster parents moved out of state. She had to stay at a church with her older brother until they had a foster family to keep them.
Fostered children are very common here. (Now that I think of it, most of the bad things are common as well). It’s a daily basis you hear of/ meet foster children. But they never stay with relatives (The ones I met anyway) and no one understands why. I’m very sure the government does though. :/
I have however faced the reality of being in a foster home, but only cause a very obnoxious woman didn’t like my family. I nor my family never really understand why she’s like that. But no one but god (or whatever is out there) knows the answers to these questions.
But anyway back to the point. My friend eventually found a white foster parent to take care of her. (Way on the other side of the state!) We bid our goodbyes with tears in our eyes. I and other friends spent every minute with her that whole day. That is until that car, which seemed extraterrestrial, drove away and left nothing. Not even a shadow behind.
To me the thing about foster kids are… you never really know if that’s the last time you ever get to see them alive. I realize it’s hard for them to keep contact if their always moving, always having to change to adjust. That was the last time I have ever heard of or seen her.
Most of the time, I can understand the misunderstood. So if you ever see a foster child, be a friend and make life a bit easier to move along with. And to you foster kids out there, remember where you came from, the good and best parts from there. And like Black Veil Brides say, “Listen closely. Just keep working. No one can tell you who you are.”
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