April Raintree essay - foster care
In April Raintree, her and her sister Cheryl, didn’t grow up in a good
home, their parents couldn’t look after them as good, April and Cheryl
were sent to different foster homes. April was sent to Dion's and then
to the DeRosier’s, while Cheryl was sent to the MacAdams, and was
later sent to the Derosier’s because she wanted to be with April.
April was sent to a foster home, they were the Dion's, they treated
April like she part of the family. Then Mrs. Dion got sick to the point
where they couldn’t look after April anymore, then she was sent to a
different foster home, the DeRosier's, they didn’t treat April the
kindest, Mrs. DeRosier made April do most of the chores in the house.
As for Cheryl, she was sent to a foster home, they were the
MacAdam's, they also treated Cheryl like she was part of the family,
they gave Cheryl a horse to look after while she was there, they gave
her things she never had before. But then she wanted to be with April,
so Mrs. Semple put Cheryl with April at the DeRosier house.
At the DeRosier house, both April and Cheryl were abused, Mrs.
DeRosier cut off both of their hair, they were bullied by Maggie and
Ricky, they were hit with the strap by Mrs. DeRosier when they “didn't”
do anything right or if they didn't listen to her. Everything happened to
them the little time Cheryl was there. But April protected her the best
she could. When April couldn't take the bullying anymore, she and
Cheryl ran away, they wanted to go back to their original home, and so
they did try, they were too tired to go any further, then they were
caught by the RCMP. Both April and Cheryl didn’t want to go back to
the DeRosier house.
As a result, April and Cheryl were put in foster homes, they had the
good and bad times, sometimes worse, but they got through it all, they
stayed strong, they did everything they could to help each other and to
stay with each other, both of them also graduated from high school.