Mein Wunderkind
Aaron Ackermann’s earliest memories of his childhood was watching Happy Days and the Mickie Mouse club on a small, shoddy TV with the orphan children, all crammed in a small room. He always was told his day would come, but like many other children he shared this room with, the day never did. Every day as a young boy, he felt his number would come up and a happy family would take him in. He stayed awake at night, dreaming of one day belonging to a loving family like he had seen on TV. A doting mother, cooking dinner for the family after being kissed by a hardworking yet loving father as he finished a hard days work. The American Dream had been advertised on TV, and seemed like something anyone could obtain if they wished deeply enough. Aaron’s dreams slowly faded into sadness as he aged, and watched some of his friends receive that calling he never would.
