New Section-Random Thoughts From Childhood

June 10, 2009

A new blog post category has been added on fostercareinamerica.com. This new series will be a collaborative effort with my brother Mat. Each of us will be submitting little snap shot stories of things we remember from childhood. My older brother Mat, did not spend his early childhood in foster care as I did. We are from a family of 4 children and when our parents got divorced, the courts awarded custody to our mother. Any mother on her own with 4 children to raise would certainly have a difficult time. Unfortunately, our mother did not have the necessary mental capacity or emotional maturity to handle the situation and we were removed from the home. What happened when social workers showed up to remove us from the house is something that haunted me for the next 20 years. I can still vividly see that scene playout in my mind like watching a movie. My two older brothers went in one car and my little brother and I went in another. I was 3 years old and had no idea that the view out the back window of that Volkswagon Bug would be the last time I would see my big brothers. The older boys went to an orphanage and my little brother and I into foster care.

I spent the next 20 + years wondering, missing, and searching for them and at age 24 I finally found them. This is of course a whole other story which will follow in the weeks to come so stay tunned! It’s a teaser, I know!