{"id":82312,"date":"2024-09-25T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T04:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=82312"},"modified":"2024-09-25T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T04:51:55","slug":"my-parents-abandoned-me-and-my-younger-siblings-when-i-was-15-years-later-they-knocked-on-my-door-smiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-parents-abandoned-me-and-my-younger-siblings-when-i-was-15-years-later-they-knocked-on-my-door-smiling\/","title":{"rendered":"My Parents Abandoned Me And My Younger Siblings When I Was 15 \u2014 Years Later They Knocked On My Door Smiling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe\u2019ll call child services, and they\u2019ll take you away,\u201d Tori\u2019s father said as he and his wife started packing their belongings. Being just 15, she couldn\u2019t understand what those words meant, and sadly, she and her siblings learned that the hard way.\n

Just a few days later, Tori and her siblings were separated and sent to different foster homes, and that\u2019s when their ordeal began.\n

Lucas, who was six at the time kept asking why were those people taking him away, and Ben, 5, cried, \u201cI don\u2019t want to go, Tori. I want to stay with you.\u201d\n

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Now that their parents abandoned them, Tori wanted to be there for her brothers, but she was powerless. There was nothing she could do to keep what remained of their family together.\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to help,\u201d the woman with the Child Protective Services assured the three siblings who were scared to death. \u201cI know this is hard, but we need to take you somewhere safe.\u201d\n
\u201cPlease, don\u2019t take us away,\u201d Tori begged. \u201cWe can stay here, we\u2019ll be good.\u201d\n
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Once they were forced to leave the house, Tori, Lucas, and Ben were placed in three different cars which headed to different directions. Tori watched her brothers through the car window, their tear-streaked faces disappearing from view.\n
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The drive to Tori\u2019s foster home was a haze of tears and confusion. She kept replaying her father\u2019s harsh words, questioning how it had come to that, and how they could leave their children behind just like that.\n
From the very first moment Tori met her foster family, the Thompsons, she felt unwanted. They were cold people who barely spoke to her, unless they needed to tell her what chore to finish.\n
Tori was sad and lonely, and she couldn\u2019t stop thinking of her little brothers.\n
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Unable to cope with the reality she was forced to live, Tori decided to run away from the foster home that never felt like a cozy place. However, that attempt failed as police caught her shortly after and returned her to the Thompsons, who were furious at her.\n
Every time she ran away, the same thing happened. She would be dragged back, scolded, and ignored even more. But Tori was determined to leave that place, so one night, she packed some of her belongings and slipped out the window.\n
Tori ended up on the street, but she knew it would be better for her than living with her foster family. She found an old trailer where she spent the nights. It lacked a door and had a leaky roof, but it was a start of her new life she hoped would be better and better with each passing day.\n
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For illustrative purposes only\n
She was able to survive by working odd jobs such as cleaning cars, carrying groceries, and even helping at the local diner. She struggled to make ends meet, but the hardest thing was being separated from her brothers.\n
When she would learn where they were, they were usually sent to a different foster home, so keeping track was difficult.\n
One day, when she tried to visit Ben, an unfamiliar face opened the door. \u201cExcuse me, can I see Ben?\u201d she asked. \u201cNo, they moved out last week. I think they went to another state,\u201d the woman at the door answered.\n
\u201cDo you know where they went?\u201d Tori asked, desperate to learn where her little brother was. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t,\u201d the woman said as she closed the door.\n
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Tori\u2019s heart sank. She promised her brothers they would reunite one day, and she felt like she failed them because she couldn\u2019t keep the promise.
\nDays went by, and Tori was able to find a job as a cleaner at a small shop on the outskirts of town. She scrubbed the floors, washed dishes, and cleaned the shelves, but it was steady.\n
Being a hard worker, the owner, Mr. Jenkins once asked her if she ever thought of returning to school. Tori said she wanted to attend college, but she could barely make money for food and some other essentials. \u201cKeep saving, and you\u2019ll get there. I believe in you,\u201d he encouraged her.\n
His words came as an encouragement. Eventually, Tori did attend college, although balancing between her job and studying was very hard. She would spend the mornings at the shop, and during the evenings she studied hard and did all her assignments. It was overwhelming, but that was the only way she knew if she wanted to get closer to seeing her brothers again.\n
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Years passed by, and Tori graduated from college. She majored business and was able to land a job as a store assistant at a large clothing store. With time, her manager, Ms. Carter, noticed her dedication.\n
\u201cTori, you\u2019re doing great work,\u201d she said one day as they restocked shelves together. \u201cI\u2019m promoting you to a supervisor.\u201d\n
\u201cThank you, Ms. Carter!\u201d Tori replied with excitement. \u201cI promise I\u2019ll do my best.\u201d\n
Some time later, she was promoted to a store manager and was able to move into a nice apartment. But just as she thought things turned out good for her, she experienced yet another shock.\n
As she was settling in her new home, Tori heard a knock on the door. When she answered it, she saw her parents, Charles and Linda, standing there with suitcases in hand. \u201cHello, darling!\u201d my mother said cheerfully, pretending as nothing has ever happened.\n
Tori stood frozen. She was in disbelief. Her father then asked her if they could come in. Still in shock, she let them in.
\n\u201cWe were hoping you could let us stay here for a while, just until we get back on our feet,\u201d her mom said. Taken aback, Tori said, \u201cYou want to live with me?\u201d Almost in unison, they both answered, \u201cYes.\u201d\n
Struggling to keep her voice steady, Tori asked, \u201cWhy? How did you even find me?\u201d\n
\u201cOh, sweetie, how does that matter? We are family, and family is supposed to help each other, right?\u201d they said.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Tori could no longer contain her anger. \u201cOh really?\u201d she snapped. \u201cYou haven\u2019t asked a single thing about my brothers since you arrived. You just show up here, expecting me to help you after you abandoned us? Where were your ideas about family helping each other when we were struggling on the streets?\u201d\n
Tori didn\u2019t even gave them the chance to respond. She opened the door and asked them to leave and never contact her again.\n
She thought that seeing them after that many years would bring all the pain back, but in reality, she felt relieved and as though she had finally got the closure she needed. Her past was no longer holding her back, the only thing she needed to focus was finding her brothers and be happy again.\n
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This work is inspired by real events and people, but it has been fictionalized for creative purposes. Names, characters, and details have been changed to protect privacy and enhance the narrative. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe\u2019ll call child services, and they\u2019ll take you away,\u201d Tori\u2019s father said as he and his wife started packing their belongings. Being just 15, she couldn\u2019t understand what those words meant, and sadly, she and her siblings learned that the hard way. Just a few days later, Tori and her siblings were separated and sent …\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":82317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82318,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312\/revisions\/82318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

For illustrative purposes only\n
Now that their parents abandoned them, Tori wanted to be there for her brothers, but she was powerless. There was nothing she could do to keep what remained of their family together.\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to help,\u201d the woman with the Child Protective Services assured the three siblings who were scared to death. \u201cI know this is hard, but we need to take you somewhere safe.\u201d\n
\u201cPlease, don\u2019t take us away,\u201d Tori begged. \u201cWe can stay here, we\u2019ll be good.\u201d\n
$\"A$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Once they were forced to leave the house, Tori, Lucas, and Ben were placed in three different cars which headed to different directions. Tori watched her brothers through the car window, their tear-streaked faces disappearing from view.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
The drive to Tori\u2019s foster home was a haze of tears and confusion. She kept replaying her father\u2019s harsh words, questioning how it had come to that, and how they could leave their children behind just like that.\n
From the very first moment Tori met her foster family, the Thompsons, she felt unwanted. They were cold people who barely spoke to her, unless they needed to tell her what chore to finish.\n
Tori was sad and lonely, and she couldn\u2019t stop thinking of her little brothers.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Unable to cope with the reality she was forced to live, Tori decided to run away from the foster home that never felt like a cozy place. However, that attempt failed as police caught her shortly after and returned her to the Thompsons, who were furious at her.\n
Every time she ran away, the same thing happened. She would be dragged back, scolded, and ignored even more. But Tori was determined to leave that place, so one night, she packed some of her belongings and slipped out the window.\n
Tori ended up on the street, but she knew it would be better for her than living with her foster family. She found an old trailer where she spent the nights. It lacked a door and had a leaky roof, but it was a start of her new life she hoped would be better and better with each passing day.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
She was able to survive by working odd jobs such as cleaning cars, carrying groceries, and even helping at the local diner. She struggled to make ends meet, but the hardest thing was being separated from her brothers.\n
When she would learn where they were, they were usually sent to a different foster home, so keeping track was difficult.\n
One day, when she tried to visit Ben, an unfamiliar face opened the door. \u201cExcuse me, can I see Ben?\u201d she asked. \u201cNo, they moved out last week. I think they went to another state,\u201d the woman at the door answered.\n
\u201cDo you know where they went?\u201d Tori asked, desperate to learn where her little brother was. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t,\u201d the woman said as she closed the door.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Tori\u2019s heart sank. She promised her brothers they would reunite one day, and she felt like she failed them because she couldn\u2019t keep the promise.
\nDays went by, and Tori was able to find a job as a cleaner at a small shop on the outskirts of town. She scrubbed the floors, washed dishes, and cleaned the shelves, but it was steady.\n
Being a hard worker, the owner, Mr. Jenkins once asked her if she ever thought of returning to school. Tori said she wanted to attend college, but she could barely make money for food and some other essentials. \u201cKeep saving, and you\u2019ll get there. I believe in you,\u201d he encouraged her.\n
His words came as an encouragement. Eventually, Tori did attend college, although balancing between her job and studying was very hard. She would spend the mornings at the shop, and during the evenings she studied hard and did all her assignments. It was overwhelming, but that was the only way she knew if she wanted to get closer to seeing her brothers again.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Years passed by, and Tori graduated from college. She majored business and was able to land a job as a store assistant at a large clothing store. With time, her manager, Ms. Carter, noticed her dedication.\n
\u201cTori, you\u2019re doing great work,\u201d she said one day as they restocked shelves together. \u201cI\u2019m promoting you to a supervisor.\u201d\n
\u201cThank you, Ms. Carter!\u201d Tori replied with excitement. \u201cI promise I\u2019ll do my best.\u201d\n
Some time later, she was promoted to a store manager and was able to move into a nice apartment. But just as she thought things turned out good for her, she experienced yet another shock.\n
As she was settling in her new home, Tori heard a knock on the door. When she answered it, she saw her parents, Charles and Linda, standing there with suitcases in hand. \u201cHello, darling!\u201d my mother said cheerfully, pretending as nothing has ever happened.\n
Tori stood frozen. She was in disbelief. Her father then asked her if they could come in. Still in shock, she let them in.
\n\u201cWe were hoping you could let us stay here for a while, just until we get back on our feet,\u201d her mom said. Taken aback, Tori said, \u201cYou want to live with me?\u201d Almost in unison, they both answered, \u201cYes.\u201d\n
Struggling to keep her voice steady, Tori asked, \u201cWhy? How did you even find me?\u201d\n
\u201cOh, sweetie, how does that matter? We are family, and family is supposed to help each other, right?\u201d they said.\n
$\"\"$
For illustrative purposes only\n
Tori could no longer contain her anger. \u201cOh really?\u201d she snapped. \u201cYou haven\u2019t asked a single thing about my brothers since you arrived. You just show up here, expecting me to help you after you abandoned us? Where were your ideas about family helping each other when we were struggling on the streets?\u201d\n
Tori didn\u2019t even gave them the chance to respond. She opened the door and asked them to leave and never contact her again.\n
She thought that seeing them after that many years would bring all the pain back, but in reality, she felt relieved and as though she had finally got the closure she needed. Her past was no longer holding her back, the only thing she needed to focus was finding her brothers and be happy again.\n
**Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.\n**
This work is inspired by real events and people, but it has been fictionalized for creative purposes. Names, characters, and details have been changed to protect privacy and enhance the narrative. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe\u2019ll call child services, and they\u2019ll take you away,\u201d Tori\u2019s father said as he and his wife started packing their belongings. Being just 15, she couldn\u2019t understand what those words meant, and sadly, she and her siblings learned that the hard way. Just a few days later, Tori and her siblings were separated and sent …\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":82317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82318,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82312\/revisions\/82318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}