For a young adult, Chenice Bridges is refreshingly aware of and accountable for her own decisions. It took years of turmoil, however, for her to reach that point. “As a teenager, I got in a big argument with my parents,” says Chenice. “I found out I was adopted and my birth mother was on drugs. I began making bad choices and stopped trying in school.” Originally scheduled to graduate from high school in 2005 – with a full college scholarship [...]
Can you imagine looking into your child’s eyes as he tells you to leave him on the streets to save yourself? That’s the situation in which Rosalind Royce found herself in 2005. A single mother (the children’s father left when they were young), she was homeless and hungry with her children, Stephen, 13, and Victoria “Bleu”, 12. Because of his age, Stephen was considered an adult by shelters for women, and the family was rejected by one after the other. “Leave [...]
