Starting Over
However, Cindy was transferred to a new family right around the time that she was ready to begin her first year of high school. This caused her to miss the beginning of the school year. Cindy was taken totally by surprise by this information. She approached the breathtaking blue shingled home with her social worker in a cautious manner since she was both apprehensive and scared about the possibility of being rejected once more.
Cindy was brought back to the queasy feeling that had taken up residence in the pit of her stomach. “At that point in my life, I’d been booted out of so many places that I was just desperate for someone to truly want me,” she said. “I’d been tossed out of so many residences that I’d lost count.”