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I was trying hard to adjust to my life and until the day I left this hell, I never did. The building we lived in was full of interesting people, some that I will never forget. Upstairs above us lived ”Pops” and his son. He was an important part of my life as he introducedContinue reading “This boys story. Welcome to hell!”

We arrived early the next day and went straight to City park in Denver. We stayed the day and night there in the car and it was miserable, especially with 7 people! We stayed in a motel the next night. It was so much worse! I had never had the privilege of cockroaches and/or thisContinue reading “This boys story. Where are we?”

I came home from school and it was a normal evening at our house. The girls and I rarely came home together from school. They were already home and like usual in recent years our mother was no where in site. We would make what we could for dinner and the girls would cook ifContinue reading “This boys story. The move”

We had always known poverty and become very good at adapting. My sisters and I always went to school together, at least we did in elementary. We had worked out a routine for necessity and built our lives around what we needed most. We were all very early risers and for good reason. We wereContinue reading “This boys story. The day before the end!”

It was a bright sunny morning and not a cloud in sight. My sister and her friend were true to their word. Both were awake and wide eyed with excitement to go. It was before 8:00 am and that was all I asked if they were serious about going. It would take until sundown ifContinue reading “This boys story. Paradise lost”

.We lived at the top of the biggest hill in Rapid city. It was also the city edge and it was open space for as far as you could see behind my house. I have shared this story many times and am always met with disbelief. I am giving an honest account and as anContinue reading “This boys story. Paradise”

I was not a lazy child and I went many directions at one time. I have had an epiphany in my later years and it is that my family has the innate ability to just stop anything that we are doing in an instance. I am not proud and I don’t like to be arrogantContinue reading “This boys story. The fire inside.”

I was determined to make the intersection and I was all in. I could see, if I turned my head really quickly snap shots of side streets so I could tell I was still going in the right direction. I made my decision and I was going for the intersection. In an instant a pickupContinue reading “This boys story. The crash”

I mean a normal day of school in my world. My mother, three sisters and I had been on welfare since my father left and at a point in the process that the state would come get us out of class to get a new pair of shoes. They would make it known to everyoneContinue reading “This boys story. The race.”