A NEW START (true Story)
Hi, my name is Holly, I'm 12 and I live in foster care. I have lived in foster care for two years. When I was little age 3-5 then again when I was age 9-11. When I was 6-8 and 11 I went home but it didn't go to plan. This story is about when I was 11.
Today I back to the children's home. My mum's boyfriend started being horrible to me. So that's why I'm back but this time it is different. My mum's boyfriend had been hurting me a lot so I was scared at every move I make. The care workers there are called Jenny, Ruby and Sid. They couldn't understand why I wasn't asking them for things when I arrived.
Soon enough it was time for bed so I climbed in and turned off the light. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't sleep so I turned my light on and then off again. That oddly sometimes helps. But I still couldn't sleep.
In this home they come and check if you are asleep and of course I wasn't. Ruby came in and I screamed as I didn't know whether it was my mum's boyfriend coming back.
Ruby was confused why I screamed and turned the light on. She asked me what's the matter and why can't you sleep. I just shivered in my duvet. Sid came rushing in and told Ruby what had happened at my house with my mum. I ended up drifting off to sleep when Ruby sat next to my bed because otherwise I was scared.
Ruby had already got up when I woke up and I felt unusually cold and wet. I had had a bad dream about my mum. When I went to get out of bed I had found that I had wet the bed. It was really wet. I started crying. They might shout so I put my duvet over the top of the mattress and hid in the corner. Of course when Ruby came to wake me she opened the bed and saw the pee mark. Then she saw me crying in the corner and came to me.
I was saying please don't be angry. She just said get changed and I'll talk to Jenny and Sid. Also I will get the sheets changed. So I got changed and came downstairs. I had breakfast and went to go back upstairs when Sid and Jenny said they need to talk to me in the office.
I came in the office and sat down on a chair. They asked me questions like are you scared, did you have a bad dream. And things like that but I didn't know what to say so I just cried. Sid said to just take it easy and try to get my mind off things. Also he said we are going to the countryside today.
I didn't want to go but I went anyway. I sat on my own in the back on a single seat. Halfway through the journey I really badly needed to pee but I was too scared to ask. I held it for ten minutes then it gushed out with no control.
As I was sitting at the back and no one was sitting next to me they didn't notice for five minutes. But then Liam (one of the kids) noticed it on the floor. He told Jenny, Sid and Ruby. So Jenny pulled over and Sid came in the back of the mini van and came towards me.
I didn't know what he would do to me so I just shrank to the corner of my seat. At first he just cleaned the floor but by this time I was crying. He comforted me and told me to come in the front and sit on a spare towel. I did and Ruby found another seat in the back so I could sit in the front.
Sid asked me why I wet myself. At first I just cried but then he said he wouldn't be angry. I told him that I was too scared to ask. We were nearly there so I changed into my spare clothes under my towel and sat in the front until the journey was over.
When we got to the beach everyone got changed into their swimming stuff and so did I. But when I was about to swim in the water I saw my mum's boyfriend. I froze and ran back to the mini van to try to get in. My mum's boyfriend saw me and ran towards me but I couldn't move I was too scared. When he got to me he threw me towards a rock which then broke my right arm.
I screamed in pain and terror so Sid and Ruby came to me with the first aid kit and bandaged it up. Immediately Sid phoned an ambulance and it came fast. I can't remember what happened because I got up and tripped over something which knocked me out.
I woke up in the hospital and my arm was in a red cast. They said just try to sleep so of course I couldn't. Then I noticed Sid next to me. He said sleep and I'll stay okay. So I did and what happened, I wet the bed. Luckily Sid had another set of spare clothing because he thought if I wet again I will need clothes.
The nurse came over and said she needs diapers. I was like noooooooo. But Sid agreed sadly. So I came back to the home with a diaper on. Also tomorrow I would have to go to school! I was not ready.
I cried through the night and of course I wet the bed. It was a new school too. My diaper leaked a bit but that was okay. When I woke up the next morning I had to go to a new school. I was not eating breakfast so Ruby made a big packed lunch. I still went to school. I had two lessons then came home.
This is what happened. The first lesson was English and we had to write on what I did on the weekend and of course I didn't like my weekend. I told my teacher and she said it can't be that bad. She even made me read it out loud about me being in care on my first day.
Then even worse we were doing a family tree but I only know my mum but then I had a meltdown so Sid had to come and pick me up.
Thanks for reading part 1.
Written By: Holly
Today I back to the children's home. My mum's boyfriend started being horrible to me. So that's why I'm back but this time it is different. My mum's boyfriend had been hurting me a lot so I was scared at every move I make. The care workers there are called Jenny, Ruby and Sid. They couldn't understand why I wasn't asking them for things when I arrived.
Soon enough it was time for bed so I climbed in and turned off the light. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't sleep so I turned my light on and then off again. That oddly sometimes helps. But I still couldn't sleep.
In this home they come and check if you are asleep and of course I wasn't. Ruby came in and I screamed as I didn't know whether it was my mum's boyfriend coming back.
Ruby was confused why I screamed and turned the light on. She asked me what's the matter and why can't you sleep. I just shivered in my duvet. Sid came rushing in and told Ruby what had happened at my house with my mum. I ended up drifting off to sleep when Ruby sat next to my bed because otherwise I was scared.
Ruby had already got up when I woke up and I felt unusually cold and wet. I had had a bad dream about my mum. When I went to get out of bed I had found that I had wet the bed. It was really wet. I started crying. They might shout so I put my duvet over the top of the mattress and hid in the corner. Of course when Ruby came to wake me she opened the bed and saw the pee mark. Then she saw me crying in the corner and came to me.
I was saying please don't be angry. She just said get changed and I'll talk to Jenny and Sid. Also I will get the sheets changed. So I got changed and came downstairs. I had breakfast and went to go back upstairs when Sid and Jenny said they need to talk to me in the office.
I came in the office and sat down on a chair. They asked me questions like are you scared, did you have a bad dream. And things like that but I didn't know what to say so I just cried. Sid said to just take it easy and try to get my mind off things. Also he said we are going to the countryside today.
I didn't want to go but I went anyway. I sat on my own in the back on a single seat. Halfway through the journey I really badly needed to pee but I was too scared to ask. I held it for ten minutes then it gushed out with no control.
As I was sitting at the back and no one was sitting next to me they didn't notice for five minutes. But then Liam (one of the kids) noticed it on the floor. He told Jenny, Sid and Ruby. So Jenny pulled over and Sid came in the back of the mini van and came towards me.
I didn't know what he would do to me so I just shrank to the corner of my seat. At first he just cleaned the floor but by this time I was crying. He comforted me and told me to come in the front and sit on a spare towel. I did and Ruby found another seat in the back so I could sit in the front.
Sid asked me why I wet myself. At first I just cried but then he said he wouldn't be angry. I told him that I was too scared to ask. We were nearly there so I changed into my spare clothes under my towel and sat in the front until the journey was over.
When we got to the beach everyone got changed into their swimming stuff and so did I. But when I was about to swim in the water I saw my mum's boyfriend. I froze and ran back to the mini van to try to get in. My mum's boyfriend saw me and ran towards me but I couldn't move I was too scared. When he got to me he threw me towards a rock which then broke my right arm.
I screamed in pain and terror so Sid and Ruby came to me with the first aid kit and bandaged it up. Immediately Sid phoned an ambulance and it came fast. I can't remember what happened because I got up and tripped over something which knocked me out.
I woke up in the hospital and my arm was in a red cast. They said just try to sleep so of course I couldn't. Then I noticed Sid next to me. He said sleep and I'll stay okay. So I did and what happened, I wet the bed. Luckily Sid had another set of spare clothing because he thought if I wet again I will need clothes.
The nurse came over and said she needs diapers. I was like noooooooo. But Sid agreed sadly. So I came back to the home with a diaper on. Also tomorrow I would have to go to school! I was not ready.
I cried through the night and of course I wet the bed. It was a new school too. My diaper leaked a bit but that was okay. When I woke up the next morning I had to go to a new school. I was not eating breakfast so Ruby made a big packed lunch. I still went to school. I had two lessons then came home.
This is what happened. The first lesson was English and we had to write on what I did on the weekend and of course I didn't like my weekend. I told my teacher and she said it can't be that bad. She even made me read it out loud about me being in care on my first day.
Then even worse we were doing a family tree but I only know my mum but then I had a meltdown so Sid had to come and pick me up.
Thanks for reading part 1.
Written By: Holly