Why Doesn T My Mommy Love Me?

“Why doesn’t my mommy want me?” “Children don’t belong inside!” “She ain’t my daughter!” “He isn’t my son!” “I prefer young kids, like you brother.” “Why doesn’t my daddy love me?” “We don’t even want you two!” “Don’t worry, I want my real dad!” These are phrases I heard way too much this past summer. A little boy and a little girl both left alone in the cold by their own two parents. Their brother, a three year old spoiled toddler, gets every bit of their mother and father’s attention. The youngest child of any family usuals received gets noticed the most, but with this family, things are much different. This dysfunctional family in Limington is filled with one major issue, neglect: a subject many hear about at a young age, but normally do not experience or witness. This country’s form of neglect usually involves animals, so seeing the sin be involved with a human family with children, my heart breaks into pieces. If the awful words weren’t bad enough, the children are physically neglected as well. Granite the family doesn’t have electricity, a water pump, and only a house in progress, but Nathan and Shasta could at least get fed on a regular and daily basis. Junior is allowed more than one meal a day, why shouldn’t his …show more content…
The parents sent their least favorites away to my house to ride our houses since they are big farm people. Each little one came to my house one at a time so my grandmother and I could work two on one with them. At this time, I had only heard a few stories about the structureless family. After hearing the stories, I was actually quite nervous to have them in my home. I wasn’t sure how well they would get along with someone my age and my strong family relationship. As each day went by, I saw and got to know two amazing young teenagers. We all became more comfortable with one another, and they both slowly attached themselves to me, basically adopting me as a big