"Everyone goes through life-altering moments. As a foster child, you have many more than any young person should."-- Joshua Griggs, on aging out of foster care, in The Root
"Everyone goes through life-altering moments. As a foster child, you have many more than any young person should."
What a story (Joshua's). And what a resilient young man -- how lucky, too, that he found some genuinely caring and supportive folks along the way.
ReplyDeleteAs it happens, just when I was following your link, CMC, I saw another story of a foster kid, very different from that of Joshua's:
http://tinyurl.com/4zeq55
"Upbringing from hell" is right on here, I'm sure.