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As most of you might of heard i got a job. I work at a camp and i have to watch like a hundred kids. Im not such a big fan of kids but since i started this i see how things changed me and how they arnt so bad. and i see myself when i see kids from broken familys

When i was little my family was into drugs and my brother ran away after he made us go broke. The bills were so high we lost our house and the addiction to drugs my mom and dad had broke up the family. so the year i was going into 5th grade i had to spend the summer with my uncle. I dont like talking about it since it was a hard part of my life. having to stay in my cousins room with my sister. not knowing if we were going to have to stay there forever and not knowing if anything would ever be the same again.

Deep down i knew the wicked truth that nothing would bring back my family. I didnt even know if my brother was alive at the time. i dont even think i even remember him at that time of my life. Now i see people talking about there problems like its something so terrible and i know that i do it to but its not so bad. if your family doesnt give you what you want ok whatever. Heck my mom hasnt given me anything since i moved in with my dad.

What im trying to say is people should feel better about themselves since these kids i work with live in foster care. They have to get there cloths sometimes from a lost and found or sometimes on a rare occasion they get a new shirt. they dont get to go to hot topic and get new shirts and pants which cost 70 bucks. they go to Wal mart and get the pants that cost 10. so next time you feel bad for yourself or your family pisses you off think how lucky you are to even have a family that cares about you that likes to see you happy and safe. since some kids dont have moms or dad.

heck some had moms and dads but they gave them up since drugs were more important to them then feeding there kids. sometimes i think human lives bring more pain than good. so if i have to do something for a living that has a meaning then ill do it. since honestly as the saying goes. if you change one persons life you change the world. so ill work my way through kids that had a crappy life giving them the freedom and they happiness they deserve.