Esta historia muy "macabra", triste, o el título que le gusten poner, es mi historia de vida.
Es la forma en la que logré salir del mundo de la drogadicción, el alcoholismo, de las calles, y de todo lo que se experimenta dentro de ellas....
En esta historia trato de poner fín al mito que tantas veces he escuchado de demasiada gente...
"La gente que vive en las calles, que de droga, que bebe en exceso, no conoce los sentimientos..."
O insultos como... "...póngase a trabajar...", "tan joven y ya drogándose...", "...ya ves hijo, si no estudias puedes quedar como el vaguito que está ahí..."
Entre tantas cosas...
No escribo esto con la intención de ofender a nadie, ni provocarle lástima a nadie, ni mucho menos...
Mi intención, amigo lector, es hacerte ver que hay detrás de un tipo que lleva tal vez unos buenos años consumiendo cualquier droga, alcohol, o aquella cama vieja debajo de una marquesina, o de aquella ropa vieja y rota que cubre la desnudez de alguien que se esfuerza día a día por desaparecer.....
Esa es mi verdadera intención, que veas, amigo lector, que la gente que se droga, bebe, o que solo vive en la calle, también tuvo familia, también tuvo amigos, también tuvo alguien que se preocupara por el, también tiene sentimientos, tal vez más nobles que el resto de la sociedad.
Espero y lo disfrutes :D
Her father left.
The perfect house in the perfect neighborhood.
Claire needed her father.
Her mother works hard, but hard to keep the neighbors impressed.
Then, her dad runs away to be a rock band roadie.
Her 4.5 AP Nerdfest brother is accused of raping and murdering a girl with Special Needs.
And when she and her best friend go on a runaway road trip--they end up in a truck with sex traders.
Claire's world spins out of control--until it doesn't.
It is 2008 and In 2008 the whole world changed. And not just because the iphone came out in 2007.
It wasn't just the families of the OC Housewives that were living a reality show; so many families seemed to be all about "the house" and not "the home."
Sunglasses cost hundreds of dollars and "bags" were thousands. Everything had a label that said you spent a lot of money.
People went crazy buying another house, a boat, a Hummer (at 10 miles to the gallon).
I distinctly remember two couples, in their late 30s, who were shopping together in Toys R Us. They had a video camera and were discussing the "rules" to this shopping trip. The rules were they had to look into the camera and say what they were buying, for who and why. And the carts had to be overflowing with toys.
It was as if they had dreamed their entire lives of doing a "who cares how much it costs" shopping spree at Toys R Us for their children. Just recklessly spending on a bunch of STUFF. That was 2007. And then came 2008.
But, more disturbing to me, was the impact it had on families. I think moms and dads lost themselves in providing stuff for their kids and not giving their kids time. And I saw the kids suffer because of it.
So, I did a little research and a lot of observing and I wrote a mostly fictional story about an upper-middle class family in the OC.
It explores (it simple terms) what was going on in the economy and what teenagers really want from their parents...