(An excerpt from short film ReMoved. youtu.be/lOeQUwdAjE0 For myself, growing up in foster care felt the same way & the struggles are still real, there are 400,000 foster children out there who at the end of the day need someone to help them realize theyre lovable and worth it all. AdoptUSKids.org) ... I know I am helpless, dependent, desperate, but what happens when those you need the most threatens your very existence? Ive heard plenty of promises and they all sound the same. If I push hard enough then sooner or later, they all prove to be empty. The sun comes up every morning, but do you know where? Each place its somewhere different. Its hard to find east when you keep moving around, but at least it comes. It always comes. Ive come to depend on that. And slowly, slowly, seasons changed around me, and it seemed that maybe this time the world would not be pulled out from under me again. Feet safe, roots starting to grow, little buds of hope flowing, slowly attempting to trust this new life. I wish somebody would tell me its going to be okay, that maybe one day I feel normal. That I wont always be alone. That I will have someone who will hug me, and be strong for me. Because maybe, I cant do it all by myself. This my past, my history, my story. Is not my fault, its not because of me and does not have to be what defines my future. I am lovable, I am worthy of care. And that glimmer of light, it makes all the difference. The glimmers of light give me hope... That someday, my summer will come.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:23:54 +0000