Car Keys.

There is a family. Two parents. Four kids.

They live in a house.

Without a white picket fence.

Without a dog.

Without happiness.

Without laughter.

The youngest girl is paralyzed.

One fifteen year old boy squares the blame on his shoulders.

It is not his fault.

A drunken Mother.

A wasted Father.

They throw the eldest a pair of keys.

He has to drive.

He has to get them all home safely.

His brother and his two sisters.

He is responsible for all their lives.

It should not have to be this way.

They should have been sober

They should not have endangered the children's lives.

He should not have to be this strong.

A little girl screams.

Blood everywhere.

Glass.

Pain.

Blackness.

Sirens.

Hospital lights

A little girl is paralyzed from the waist down.

Her older brother blames himself.

He shouldn't have to

Shoulder

this Responsibility.

Project Proposal- revised.

Project Proposal

What:

A gala event in order to raise funds for establishing a program (Teens Changing Their Tomorrow) to help foster teens. The fundraising event would be open to attorneys, the general public, charity groups, and anyone otherwise interested in the cause. It would be a formal event for adults only. Food, drink, dancing, access to auction and bidding would be available through purchase of a ticket. It would be organized similarly to HTHNC's first faces of the future.

Day 5

Impressions

My first week is over. I have always wanted to be a child rights advocate but reading these cases day after day only makes me want to do it more. Some people might read the things I read everyday and be repulsed and prefer to live in ignorance, but I want to make a difference. I find how people treat other human beings despicable. Atrocities seem to follow each other. A Child is wronged, and then grow up to wrong others. The downward spiral is saddening and needs to be broken.

It is really easy to live day to day and not know what is going on. It is hard, I can't deny that my chosen career path is going to be sunshine and butterflies it is going to be sickening and difficult. I will have to learn to distance myself, and not get so angry. That will be the hardest part.... not caring.

Day 4

Today was another day spent in the courtroom reviewing case files and in the office doing the same.
Tomorrow is a Furlough day.Today was slightly different in the fact that I was able to get a hold of Ms. Livingston in relation to my project. She gave me a plethora of tips, ideas and ways to plan a fundraiser.

She advised that knowing exactly where the money was going to go would be a good place to start. So with that I started doing research on where money would be most beneficial. I realized throughout the course of the day and throughout my research that my project proposal would have to be adapted, to fit newer information based on the needs of foster care children.

As my project proposal had to be adapted and changed, I will be uploading a new project proposal with the changes implemented.

Day-3

Today was a slightly different day. I spent most of my time in the court room. When I wasn't in the courtroom I was reviewing cases on child abuse.

Today being only my third day, I haven't read all that many cases; but I have read enough to make me angry. I get frustrated at how these parents treat their kids, or allow them to be treated by other people. It aggravated me to see people care so little about the well-being of someone else, especially someone who can't care for their own well-being.

Today however I read a slightly different case file. This case file was not one in which the mother endangered the child willfully and or merely because she didn't give a damn. This mother loved Mia. She cared a lot and was yet incapacitated to provide Mia Brown, her 10 month old with proper care.      Mrs. Brown is developmentally disabled, with the mind-set of a 14 year old. This hinders her from being able to protect Mia, and to make sure she is safe despite wanting to more than anything.
For this reason Mia was detained and put in foster care.

 Cases like these truly are the heart-breaking ones.

Day 2- Learning.

What are you excited about learning through this internship experience? 
 On my second day I have already learned so much. I want to learn more about the foster care system and what I can do to help teenagers participating in it. I am excited to learn more about how the law system works in regards to children being detained from their parents.