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Milli

I’m so proud of my granddaughter, Milli. She’s such a happy, healthy little ball of energy, in spite of all she’s gone through so early in life.

Her father abandoned her at birth, and she was quite sick for a few months, so I moved in with my daughter to help. Even then, I noticed something special about her: she could do things beyond her years. When she was barely three, she showed up riding a bicycle like a pro one day.

But then my daughter got involved with a meth-head loser, and everything started falling apart. He moved in with her (I moved out) and they started fighting. Finally, both Milli and her older sister Maddi were taken away and moved to a foster home. (Maddi’s father died of a drug overdose about the same time.)

It breaks my heart that she can’t be with her mom, but both girls are doing so well now, it’s truly amazing. They have piano lessons, trips other states, and so much more they would have never known otherwise.

And that’s why she’s running a 5k race today. That girl is going places.

–photo by foster mom

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  8. life can be a harrowing journey, Michael, but it seems like your granddaughter is doing good thanks to your care ; I hope I would put myself out like this for my granddaughters; haven’t been called on yet, they’re both doing fine, one’s now a hairdresser and the other is halfway through her biomedical degree; proud of both of them; may our grandchildren’s journey continue happily on its way 🙂

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