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- Authors: T.J. Yelden
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A five and a half hour drive would make anyone’s butt numb. I sighed in
the backseat of the truck as I shifted my weight and adjusted my
sunglasses. Not that it was that sunny outside. The overcast sky was
typical of Oregon State and sunglasses were more to cover my eyes than to
keep the glare away. My foster parents, Steve and Nicole Henkens, were
quietly discussing the scenery from the front. Steve was your typical late
fifties, lean, tall man. He was always quick to smile and joke, no matter the
situation. Nicole was similar in personality. She was a few inches shorter
than Steve and athletic looking. Steve was a forest ranger and had just
recently been transferred to the other side of the state. Which meant
goodbye to one small town, hello to another.
I’ll admit, the scenery was beautiful as we drove down the highway. The
hills and valleys covered with trees and an isolated stream or river flowing
down a hillside was picturesque. I enjoyed the view. I just wasn’t looking
forward to the destination.
Cave Junction was just another small town to torture new kids. A new town
meant a new school, new classmates, and new teachers. Everyone probably
knew each other from birth which would just make me an outcast all the
more. Being a foster kid and running through homes in my early childhood
did not endear me to people. Throw me into a new school my last year…
yeah. It was going to be great.
When I landed with the Henkens at 14, I was a little bit of a handful.
Thankfully, they had other kids before me and helped me work through my
issues…well, most of them anyway. I was now able to have a conversation
without throwing something at someone so I suppose that was progress.
I was seventeen and had nine months before I turned eighteen in May. Nine
months before I could graduate the system and make my own choices. Was
I counting every second? Absolutely. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Steve
and Nicole. I was their last kid to foster and I’d overheard them discussing
a few trips that they wanted to take.
They deserved some time off after
dealing with all their foster kids. They were better than any foster home I’d
had before, but they still weren’t my parents. Not that I knew who they
were. Steve and Nicole had offered a few times to adopt me. I was
shocked at first, after everything I went through, but they said I was special
to them and that’s why they offered, but I politely declined. I didn’t want
them to be financially responsible for me or be a burden on them later in
life. Who knew what life would bring in five or ten years.
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