Random Thoughts From Childhood Series-All for One, One for All
September 9, 2009
ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
Mat's Memories From Childhood
My brother and I left Ivy House grounds to go goof off and play down the street. We were on our way back and in sight of Ivy House when suddenly the both of us are confronted by three boys acting very aggressively. The boys surround us and ask for our money. Neither of us had any money and told them so. They proceeded to call us liars and pushed my brother. I turn and look towards Ivy House and see a group of about seven boys heading in our direction. I think “Oh crap” we are really in trouble now and just as I finish this thought, the three boys start to back down and distance themselves from us. I think “Here is our break and I’m ready to make a run toward Ivy House.” I hear the large group of boys yelling at the three that where near us to leave us alone. As the group got closer, I realized the group where from Ivy House. The three boys ran off and some from the group ran after them briefly to simple make sure they left. The group asked if we where okay and my brother and me responded “Yes.” One of the boys said he saw the three boys approach us and figured they were trouble and rounded up a group to make sure we where okay. They were older boys from cottage three and I heard one of them say “If you mess with one of us from Ivy House, you mess with all.”
I’ll have to say that hearing that made me feel empowered and proud. This was the first time I had any peers come to my defense. I realized that all of us kids at Ivy House were a part of “something” and that “something” whether good or bad was going to unfold and reveal its self over time and that I simply was along for the ride. I was also struck by the fact that it’s just not about me, but about all of us kids at Ivy House. It did not matter your ethnic back ground, gender, or circumstances that brought us together. We all had the same thing in common; the place we called home. For me, I felt the other kids staying at Ivy House were like additional brothers and sisters and we had a common bond. The bond was that we all knew what it was like to be without our families and never knew when or if we would ever see them again…..
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It was like that in the group home I was in for teenagers down in Florida. I was the youngest and learned that I was no longer alone. We had our share of school fights. We all knew that we had no one to support us and that we had to support each other.
John