Foster Mom: “This is going to help you all to relax.”
Boyfriend: “You know you crazy, right girl? You
know?”
Foster Mom: “Man, these kids gonna be exposed to
way more bullshit than this. You don’t know what
these kids been through. ͳis ain’t nothing. All y’all
shut up and enjoy this movie.”
I remember watching that movie and feeling like, I know
how this little girl feels. I wanted to cry, but I didn’t cry.
ͳen, when we was driving back, my eyes was burning
and stuĉ, I guess ’cause I had a contact high, and I didn’t
even know it. Foster Mom saw me and said:
Foster Mom: “You know what, Tiffany? You seem like a
really nice young lady, but I know you’re out here
doing things. I know you doing things. You probably
gonna cry tonight, ’cause all that innocence is gone.
It’s all gone.”
I didn’t understand what she was talking about at all, not
at that point. Still, I did cry a lot that night.
• • •
About a week later, I was doing my chores, and one of the
little boys who was also staying with her came into the
bathroom. He was butt naked with a condom on, talking