Brave
As a Director it’s sometimes hard to put into words the stories of children we receive and everything our team does day in and day out. Countless stories of loss and tragedy mixed in with the joy of hearing children’s giggles and happy squeals while playing tag. Trying to remain in the joy of knowing children are now safe from their abusers while fully acknowledging that they were abused. A few months back we received two sisters whose parents were murdered in front of them. The 9-year-old was still visibly shaking during her admission to the crisis care center from the trauma she witnessed while trying to hide her newborn sister under a table after hearing shots fired. After their arrival, the DA's office called and stated the eldest sister would need to testify against the man who killed her parents. As I drove her to the court hearing I tried to make small talk...