A card table supported the sheeted tent that sheltered me while I sat underneath, leaning against the fluffy pillows of my bed. It was a familiar little world. I was seven years old and suffering from chronic bronchitis. The vaporizer on my bedside table produced a minty mist inside my tent. My fever had subsided, […]

One can never go back. Time moves forward, and so must we; therefore, whatever moment is left behind is suspended action – the final glimpse of the present in passing, the beginning of that which is vaguely referred to as the past, never recaptured, never relived, only remembered. It is like the ruins of Pompeii, […]

Let’s Talk Foster Care According to ifoster.org, there were approximately 440,000 children in the USA in foster care in 2019. About 30,000 per year age out of the system and are forced to care for themselves. Within four years, 50% have no earnings, and the rest earn below the poverty level. Only around 26% have […]