Things were improving — six months, seven months, ten months at home with no major problems, Mary
was now looking forward to making it to the one-year mark as well. For so
long I thought this would never happen, and now it looked as though I
may have saved this girl from what could have been a lifetime lost in
institutions, or even worse, as a runaway.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Six Months At Home! - Sept 17, 2009
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achievement,
group homes,
parenting,
self esteem,
trust
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After making it to the two-month mark
with no major problems, Mary now set her sites on six months. Her
self-confidence was improving each day, and the longer she was away from
the group home experience, the more she was regaining her ability to trust
people again. She'd still call me at work with concerns about homework or
to just chat, but she was calling me less and less as time went on.
She was also growing more confident each day that no one was going to
take her away, abandon her, or try to separate her from me. It was
still a struggle to get her to do her chores and homework, however, but she
wasn't getting into trouble, and that was huge.
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