
By The Scruff of My Neck
Without a stable family environment, my unspoken fear was that my life was going nowhere fast. After a miserable move to a rundown farm and no parents there day-to-day to assure we get clean clothes and balanced diets, my three brothers, sister, and I were moved to a children''s home. Over the next six years, we saw our mother twice, yet she lived a mere thirty-six miles away. Pop visited us appro...
Without a stable family environment, my unspoken fear was that my life was going nowhere fast. After a miserable move to a rundown farm and no parents there day-to-day to assure we get clean clothes and balanced diets, my three brothers, sister, and I were moved to a children''s home. Over the next six years, we saw our mother twice, yet she lived a mere thirty-six miles away. Pop visited us appro...