Foster-parents Stories

My mother Paulina was born in Montreal in April of 1936 and died - her lungs full of pneumonia - not long after her 82nd birthday in May 2018 in a small town hospital in Exeter, Ontario. The following, a collection of short 100-word stories, poems, letters and photos, is me trying to process her death, and explore her life and our relationship. What's in it for you, good reader? Did Paulina lead a fascinating life? On the surface, probably not. But underneath? Tragic deaths. Foster homes. Young love. Poverty. Adultery. Bigamy. Re-invention. Perseverance. Passion. Imagination. Hoarding and lots of shopping. There will be lots and lots and lots of shopping.

A girl is brocken ever since she was little now she has to battle between friends, the adoption system, and depression. And will she ever find her lost brother? Please keep in mind I am 14 so there will be a fair amount of grammar mistakes in the book.

'What do you mean your not coming back? They love you..I know their your foster parents but..still." - Ivy "NO! They are not my real Parents! My dad is somewhere in the middle of a battle feild! So of course im not coming back! He promised ME HE'D COME BACK 7 years ago when i was 5 but now im 12, with stupid overprotective parents. I'm going. Goodbye."

McKenzie has had a very troubled life, one that at the moment, she doesn't remember. She knows that her parents were murdered and she knows that she along with her brother have been adopted by a sweet young couple, and most of all she knows that she doesn't want this semi-perfect life to end. But there are faults in everything, and it just takes a re-opening of her eyes to see that.