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The Effects of Trauma on Children in the Welfare System The children who enter the Los Angeles County Child Welfare System often come from violent and abusive families - only to be placed in another, sometimes worse, predicament. Too many of these children will die, as the system that is supposed to protect them fails to keep them safe. These children are a disenfranchised minority-abused by their parents and by the system, sentencing them to a lifetime of suffering. This book provides a rare insider's view of the child welfare system. It takes an in-depth look at the effects on the children under its care, those who are mandated to help, and the homes in which they are placed. Ours is a broken system that often creates long-lasting, negative consequences for the children, families, and professionals who are a part of it. Author Gary Reece has been involved with hundreds of children over the past ten years as a psychologist and foster care social worker. He has seen and felt their pain and met their abusers. He's gone to court and testified on their behalf. He has also worked closely with their surrogate families and the social workers who manage their cases. By examining the system and how it affects the lives of children who have the misfortune to become embroiled in it, perhaps key problems, issues, and solutions will become evident to the rest of the population.

My son committed suicide, at the age of thirteen, on January 25, 1995. This was by far the hardest lick life has hit me with. Yet my son prepared me as best he could for his death. I missed the signs at the time. I remember after a young lady's funeral, Brandon made the statement, "Dad that was a cool funeral. I want you to promise me to do my funeral when I die". I remarked, "You will see me die first." He insisted that I promise him if something happened I would do his funeral and I agreed. He also prepared me the day of his death. I took him to school and as he got out he turned and said, "Dad you know I love you?" I told him, "I love you too." He said, "Dad, no matter what happens, know that I love you." I said, "Okay". And he then replied, "You're a cool dad". Those were the last words on this earth that I heard from my son. That afternoon he was dead. I said all of this to come to the book. The book consists of the time frame following his death. Now the mystery is the poems. I have never written poems before so all of this is a mystery to me. The poems would come all at once. The title first, then the poem and most of them came during the night. I would be awakened with verses running wild in my brain. Grabbing a pen and paper I would write as fast as I could. When I was through I was physically and emotionally exhausted. I never had a clue to when they would come. Now this book is written within the arena of feelings. I know facts about his death but I concentrated on the feelings. Knowing all the facts doesn't ease the pain. I will not point the finger at anyone for each of us involved must take responsibility for our actions. God will be our final judge. So stay with me with feelings as we walk together, my road of grief.

Lily Langston's husband, Samuel, is struck by a car and killed late one night while crossing the street to his home. The driver, Aaron Turner, a fifteen-year-old, has only a learner's permit and should not have been driving alone, especially at night. Lily and her family are Christians who believe in forgiveness. The family convinces the court to give Aaron probation and community service. Fifteen-year-old Rose, however, cannot forgive and is angry because Aaron doesn't go to jail or pay for killing her dad. Lily and her girls are talented musicians. They perform often at church and community functions. While dealing with the tragedy of Samuel's death, it is discovered that Aaron also sings and plays guitar. Together they discover the joy of forgiveness, and through the power of music, their hearts are healed. This is the story of their journey.

Sittin on a Headstone is the story of my eighteen months in Vietnam and how I went from eighteen years young to twenty years old in a combat zone. Everyone has read of the combat, the blood, and guts of men and women at war, but few people have read of the day-to-day living of the soldiers. The fear, the excitement, and the boring days too all take a toll when it comes time to go home.

Giuseppe Cafiero presents the most intriguing biography of one of America's most enduring writers: poet, author, and critic Edgar Allan Poe. The beloved master of mystery and the macabre, Poe's life and work are explored through the creation of memories, recriminations, intense loves and of delicate devotions.Using the form of literary nonfiction, Cafiero successfully structures this memoir in the style of a traditional fiction narrative. Introducing the reader to the character, The Reporter, whose story is a mirror in which it's possible to contemplate what is unreasonably hidden and infinitely ambiguous in the existence and in the writing of Edgar Allan Poe.After Poe's infamous death, the reporter attempts to investigate the life and writing of Poe by attending a meeting at the Old Swan Tavern in Richmond. Invited to the interview is archrival Reverend Rufus Wilmot Griswold and one of the last to see Poe before his death, Dr. J. Evans Snodgrass. The reporter not only discovers the accusations of life filled with alcoholism, opium addiction, violence and womanizing but also begins to understand that this painful dark existence is not the antithesis to great writing. This is confirmed when the investigation continues with the meeting of an array of people by the reporter who divulges more information on the life of Poe and why many became the protagonists in his stories.This surreal bio-fiction of the life of nineteenth-century American writer, father of detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, brings to life a solidly constructed psychological portrait of the writer through the characters in his works. Each of the stories is accompanied by the gloriously gothic Illustrations by acclaimed Italian artist Sergio Poddighe.Perhaps this is the only way to pay tribute to a writer who has indelibly marked the nineteenth-century.

You are really going to like this book; it is going to create a meaningful context in your life and help you think in ways you may never have before, but out of necessity. This is a call to arms; to stir you into action on your own behalf. There are countless authors with their works on the shelves of bookstores and Internet shopping sites and the majority of them claim to reveal the answers to solve your life's challenges. The answers you may need to achieve a more meaningful and fulfilling life, along with requisite adjustments, are not on the bookshelves nor are they in this book. They are within you. And, there they will stay until you understand and accept the relative questions that will set them free. If the questions are wrong, so too are the answers. As in life and throughout your reading, you will encounter many diverse challenges. Many of these situations appear herein in the form of questions that make you think before you respond. When you confront them, give them their due by pausing, reflecting, and taking notes. You are about to prepare either the first or the most important thesis of your life. Future generations will grade you. When you have finished reading, I believe you will rest your head on your pillow one night, feeling more certain and enthusiastic about your future and committed to leaving something behind. This is not one of those traditional self-help books, nor it is meant to be a motivational handbook. Here's why-the door to motivation is locked, from the inside. You and you alone have the key. No one else can move you. You must move you.