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"It's Almost Tuesday" is a fictional story based on true events, using a young child's exact words when possible. It depicts true incidents reported within the Texas Foster Care System. While this story is fictional in situations, it is based upon abuse that occurs every day, and all over our country. The foster homes are meant to be a placement of safety for children removed from their family homes due to abuse or neglect, and when other abuse occurs, statistically worse than before their removal, something is wrong.

Foster children are more likely to be abused than children in their natural homes. We should give those children a voice through this story, if they are not heard, then tragedies will continue to be needlessly endured.

Its Almost Tuesday
(written from the child's perspective)

"It's almost Tuesday" is what I tell myself; even though it's only Wednesday; but in foster care, Wednesday is no different from any other day except for Tuesday. It's the only hope I can find because Tuesday is the day I get to see my Mommy.

Tuesdays are the best but it seems like a lifetime waiting from Tuesday to Tuesday to get to Visit Day when I can be with My Mommy againthat is if Mom or Dad takes me
Sometimes they don't.

I'm supposed to see MY Mommy for one whole hour, but the caseworker says my Mommy was a bad Mommy, so I think my caseworker runs late on purpose to make Mommy madder but what did I do wrong? I'm the one away from home. The caseworker told me foster care was to punish bad parents, but it really punishes the kids. I'm only 8 and I know that, the caseworker has to be at least 30, can't she figure that much out?

Sometimes we only get to see each other for a few minutes but we're supposed to get a WHOLE hour! No matter what's going on, it's worth everything when Mommy hugs me and tells me it'll be okay. How does she know it'll be okay? They won't let me tell her what happens at home. When I say I'm going to tell my Mommy something, then they won't take me to visit her. So I don't dare tell Mommy and miss a Tuesday Visit.

I told Mommy that each time I go home from a visit I just scream at my foster Mom.

"Because each time she walks in, its not you, Mommy"

So I scream. I scream and I scream. Really I wish I didn't cause I only makes things worse, and making this foster mom mad is bad news. I try but I can't help it, I'm only 8 and screaming helps me when I hurt so bad I feel like I will blow up. . One of my foster

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