Vol. 12, No. 2 • June 2008

The Story of a Child in Foster Care

by Isaiah, age 10

Being in foster care is not hard, but it is hard at the same time.

Leaving your parents is hard. Staying with nice people is not hard.

Sometimes I feel like I can just cry because when you leave a foster parent you don’t want to go. That’s what happened to me. I liked staying with my last foster parents until I had to leave. We might meet again somewhere, somehow, but I don’t know.

Now I live at Ms. E’s and that’s a real blast. For now everything is all dizzy and fuzzy, but I’ll get used to it.

One day I hope I’ll grow up to be a successful man of the future.

Isaiah received $15 for having his essay published.

Copyright � 2008 Jordan Institute for Families