Story For Your Heart

Let me tell you about a little boy.

For the most part of his first five years he lived in a car. After that, his family would temporarily live with friends.

As a young child, crying meant he got locked in a bedroom - often forgotten about for days.

When he was two years old, he fell out of a second story window. He had a massive head injury and when the paramedics arrived they gave him a shot of antibiotics to prevent infection until they could get to the hospital. He had a terrible reaction to the shot. At the hospital, the doctor informed his father that they had to perform surgery to relieve pressure on his little brain. The father said no because they had no insurance. The father took the boy home and a few days later it was obvious he needed the surgery so his father let the doctors do it.

At three years old he was attacked be a dog leaving him with facial deformities the rest of his life.

At five years old he had to get a physical from a doctor to be able to go to school. The doctor found his penis almost severed in half. Apparently his parents had tied a string around him in an attempt to potty train him.

At that point DCFS was notified and the boy was placed in a group home where he was sexually abused.

At the age of nine his great-grandparents (84 years old) adopted him to try to give him a better life. They worry about what will happen to him after they can't keep him anymore.

This same little boy was out with Gary one day when they walked passed a blind person. He looks up at Gary and says, "I feel bad for that person."