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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…
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…I am still here. I said it to myself in a whisper. Look, I’m still here. The morning came. The sun rose. The foster mother called us for breakfast. I put on the clothes that had been laid out for me. I sat at the table. I ate the eggs that were too watery and the toast that was too cold. I looked at Eric and gave him the smallest smile I could manage. He smiled back. And somewhere above me, in that ceiling I used to watch from, I felt something shift. Not much. Just enough. A crack of light. A thread of warmth. I was still here. And I was not finished.