Brandi Gillaspie

The Abandoned Kid

When you think of your childhood usually its not with dread and fear, mine was. I didn't have a steady childhood I was in and out of foster care from 3 years to 10. I remember the fear wasn't because I was scared of someone. No that came later. It was rather I was good enough or cute enough for a family to like me. Most of the time it was the constant worry about my siblings. See when my life changed forever it was hard to realize that the system, as scary as it is, was better than where I was. It all came to a boil in October of 1993.