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15 years old and broken
Posted on 3/23/2012 by
Sandi is a beautiful girl, 15 years old with dark hair and deep eyes. She also carries a deep pain in her heart. We sat in juvenile detention and she shared her story with me.
The short version is that her mom is gone and she had been living with her dad for years. When she was only 8 years…
young lives cut short…
Posted on 1/20/2012 by
I first met Jimmy about 8 years ago when he was just 12. The Juvenile Detention system is a tough place for kids, especially the first time in. And for Jimmy it was the first of many visits. Over the years we often talked, one-to-one, trying my best to share with him the life changing reality…
Life’s a Journey
Posted on 11/18/2011 by
For her it began with parents who were not safe due to drugs & alcohol. After they split her mom remarried and then came the sexual abuse by her step-father and the introduction to drugs by her mother by the age of seven. Soon after she returned to live with her dad. At age 11 she was in Juvenile…
Hope for the future
Posted on 9/9/2011 by
Three years ago Jan came in for information about becoming a mentor. She was matched with Mandy. This 16-year-old girl’s history included several stays in juvenile detention, the county's youth shelter and a number of foster homes. Both of Mandy’s parents suffer from serious mental illness giving…
He gets it!
Posted on 7/15/2011 by