Benji Jones
@benjiyouup
Story maker Live.
I have spent a lifetime as a subject in other people's files a name on a page in a caseworker's ledger, a case number in a judge’s court. They wrote my history with a cold, detached pen, missing the trembling of my hands and the silent promises I made to my brother. I am writing this now to reclaim those pages. I am writing this so my children and grandchildren know where I came from, and so that anyone else currently trapped in the carousel knows that your story doesn't end where the system says it does. I was here. I saw it. I survived it. And because I did, you are not alone.
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#2 "Look, I'm Still Here." A Story of Abandonment, Loss, Grief, and Resilience
This is about a child who survived the people and systems that were supposed to protect him and the man he became despite it all. Look, I'm Still Here is the true story of a little boy who entered California’s child’s welfare system before he was old enough to understand what was happening to him. It follows Benji through neglect, abuse, foster homes, institutions, and homelessness. a boy whom life repeatedly tried to knock down, but kept getting back up. Resilience.
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