WELL, TODAY I AM WRITING ABOUT A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. wHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL I WENT TO LIVE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER AFTER BEING TAKEN FROM MY PARENTS DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. ANYWAY, I HAD TO LEAVE MY FAMILY'S HOME AS WELL BECAUSE OF A SITUATION I WILL NOT GO INTO. THE S.R.S. DECIDED TO TAKE MY BROTHER AND MYSELF OUT AND PUT US WITH STRANGERS. IT WAS VERY HARD BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PUT TOGETHER. SO, I WAS IN 8 - 10 DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES AND 2 GROUP HOMES FROM THE TIME I WAS 14 UNTIL 18 YEARS OLD. SOME WERE OK AND TEMPORARY BUT, THE LONG TERM HOMES WERE NOT SO GOOD.THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE AND I TOLD PEOPLE IN CHARGE ABOUT. THAT IS WHY I WENT FROM HOME TO HOME SO MUCH.I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BUT, THINGS DID HAPPEN. THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING THIS-- TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO GET INVOLVED AND BECOME A FOSTER PARENT. THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE BUT, MORE GOOD HOMES ARE NEEDED TO OFFSET THE BAD ONES. I HOPE YOU TAKE TO HEART WHAT I JUST WROTE AND GET INVOLVED. PLEASE BECOME A FOSTER PARENT-- YOU COULD CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE. I WILL BE WRITING AN UPDATE TO THIS SO LOOK FOR MORE. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.