Dandelion: Once a foster child, always a foster child

The echo of the spinning tire beneath her car seemed to ring louder than the music she attempted to drown her thoughts in. Watching the world pass by in a haze, America sped down the freeway and out of the city while flashbacks of her long-forgotten childhood consumed her. Her parents failed her, the foster care system failed her, social workers, probation officers, teachers and everyone who was supposed to protect her, tossed her aside. Now, years after emancipating and finding her husband in another woman’s arms, America ran from her past yet again. Feeling weak and defeated, she sped into the distance leaving everyone, and everything she’s ever known behind. Realizing that she was exactly what everyone always told her she would become – a statistic, her world shatters. Alone and suffering, she found herself spiraling into a dark hole as memories flood in. She’s finally had enough.