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Submitted to Contest #307
I stood in the white clam shelled driveway with my duffle bag and single suitcase, taking in the building that was going to be my new home. I had been in this spot many times before, being bounced from foster home to foster home for the last four years. But this was the first time I had a pit in my stomach and felt the anxiety of being and outsider. It was my first time seeing it. My interview two weeks ago was at my social worker’s office. I had met with Jean McMann who had decided to “step up my charity work this year” and take on an agin...
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