Star

I first saw her when she was 9 or 10.We had been in foster care a few years and I decided that girls were like ten times harder than boys.Her brother was there that day as well..She was always happy,and in an instant she found her way into our hearts.For a few years she got to see normal and then this very nice couple wanted to adopt her. They had two boys and she would be their only girl.Seemed like a perfect situation. When people adopt it usually works if they aren't trying to meet a need of theirs but they are doing it for the child.It was Sunday before she would start the 8th grade.The voice on the other end said that she couldn't take it another day and would we take her back.For the next 3 1/2 years there would be basketball games,trips to Florida ,and summer camp.She would learn to drive and work at Super Saver.She would leave us on Jolene's birthday and return to her adoptive parents.5 months later they would kick her out and she would be on her own.A few months after that she would meet the man she would marry on this day 8 years later. We were there at Jacks River.It was a celebration of the love between 2 people.It was special to see the little girl finally find what she had been looking for for so long-a family of her own.