A Place When I Went Away Analysis

There are things that no child should ever have to go through; but yet I was one of the many children that did have to struggle through it. My childhood was not at all easy. I had bounced from place to place and experienced different influences, some good and yet some bad. My father was never really in the picture. Although I did ask my family about him, but none of them had anything nice to say. I can’t even recall that I ever met him. That was at least until I was ten years old and he was sitting outside the grocery store in his car waiting for my brother and I to come out. The only thing that I can remember him saying to me is that he wanted to kidnap me and kill my mom. I don’t know about you, but I think that would scare any child. So after that I pretty much gave up all hope and dreams that I ever had for meeting and getting to know the guy that people call my father. In my mind, he no longer exists. My mother on the other hand was there for me from the beginning until I was about five years of age. I remember how much love she would share. Every night she would tuck me into bed and lay with me. While she waited for me to close my bright blue eyes and fall asleep she would run her soft hands through my beautiful long blond hair. She was my doctor when I had boo-boos or had …show more content…
The house looked huge, it had two stories, gray in color, and had a great big yard for me to play in. My foster parents looked like a very nice couple too, but come to find out they went nice at all. The couple also had a son that was a little younger than myself. Moreover, the boy had so many toys, but we weren’t able to play with them or we would get in trouble. I tried to stay away from them, but I just couldn’t help myself. We would have to eat dinner after everyone else and then go straight to bed. The only thing that kept me excited as I was there was once every other week got to see my mom for a supervised