I Grew Up In Foster Care
I want to talk about your toughest challenge. We have mentioned how hard it is to maintain connections, due to the constant moving in foster care, even when you are able to find a good home.
I wonder though, now that we are out, what is the biggest challenge you face in what I like to call "the real world"
For me it is conversation. For example, let's say you are at a friends campfire. What are the most common topics of conversation? Siblings? Parents? Childhood memories?
It is human nature to try and find a common bond with the people we talk to, especially people we are meeting for the first time. I find it a challenge to jump in on conversations of this nature, because lets face it my childhood memories are a real buzz kill.
Now that I have my own family and children, I can at least add to those kinds of conversations, but most of the conversations I find either a black hole where there should be a memory or nothing I can really talk about.
So how about you? What is your biggest challenge?
I wonder though, now that we are out, what is the biggest challenge you face in what I like to call "the real world"
For me it is conversation. For example, let's say you are at a friends campfire. What are the most common topics of conversation? Siblings? Parents? Childhood memories?
It is human nature to try and find a common bond with the people we talk to, especially people we are meeting for the first time. I find it a challenge to jump in on conversations of this nature, because lets face it my childhood memories are a real buzz kill.
Now that I have my own family and children, I can at least add to those kinds of conversations, but most of the conversations I find either a black hole where there should be a memory or nothing I can really talk about.
So how about you? What is your biggest challenge?
