when I was little I’d walk up I’d go
upstairs and I take my mom’s hot pink
eye heels and her really big white
sunglasses and I’d walk around the house
like I was the boss of the house when I
was little I always watched the
grown-ups drink their coffee and I
couldn’t wait to have some it just felt
so good all I ever wanted was to grow up
I thought it’d be the most funnest most
best thing in the world but I still
remember the day that all changed the
day I realized I wanted a steak it
forever I was watching my little brother
and listened to the radio the song came
on that I’ve heard a million times
the song was called you’re gonna miss us
it’s a song about a middle school girl
rushing through her life and everyone’s
telling her that she’ll regret it but
she don’t listen
and next thing she knows she’s all grown
up these lyrics really connected to my
life you see when I was younger my mom
didn’t make the best decisions because
of this me and my sister had spent most
of our time taking care and watching my
little brother I was in the second grade
taking care of my brother we never
really got much time play outside
my mom would leave me and my big sister
at home to watch my little brother she
would go here to Columbus to get dressed
we were responsible for ourselves my mom
would always ask us if we wanted to stay
home from school of course like any
other kid we said yes and she would
leave us a home and we and she’d go run
errands which really meant she was going
to Columbus to get drugs mostly you
might think that this is a problem that
only happens in other neighborhoods
cities states or families well know did
you know that more than fourteen percent
of kids 14 percent of two-year-olds live
with at least one parent who’s addicted
to drugs or alcohol of these eight
million of these 14 percent of the
two-year-olds 12% are ages 6 to 11 these
kids like me miss out on quality
playtime the importance of play has been
proven
over and over again bleh is really
important to children and their families
it helps with the kids self-esteem and
quality of life about four years ago I
came home from school and everyone was
crying I asked my grandma what was wrong
and she just told me to go pack some
clothes so I did and in the car I asked
her what was wrong and she told me that
my mom and my stuff that had went to
jail they were on drugs I got to stay
with my grandma for a few months it was
really fun then and we got to go to a
new school meet new people and on the
weekends that my dad didn’t get us in
the weekdays we’d always go over to our
neighbor’s house and play we’d always
have water balloon fights in the summer
and once we were out of our water
balloons we would sneak up behind each
other and pour buckets of water on each
the importance of play is important to
children it helps with their self-esteem
and quality of life
it makes us physically and mentally
healthy it it helps our imagination and
our independence after a few months of
living with my grandma my dad got
custody of us and now we live here in
Columbus with somewhat of a good
backyard it’s really muddy back there
and we always go out back and play with
my Pig my turkey my duck my cat and my
dog I go to new school it is really fun
to take my advice and stake it for as
long as you can and there is more good
news my it’s been about four years since
my mom has even thought about doing
drugs or did drugs my whole family is very proud of her
upstairs and I take my mom’s hot pink
eye heels and her really big white
sunglasses and I’d walk around the house
like I was the boss of the house when I
was little I always watched the
grown-ups drink their coffee and I
couldn’t wait to have some it just felt
so good all I ever wanted was to grow up
I thought it’d be the most funnest most
best thing in the world but I still
remember the day that all changed the
day I realized I wanted a steak it
forever I was watching my little brother
and listened to the radio the song came
on that I’ve heard a million times
the song was called you’re gonna miss us
it’s a song about a middle school girl
rushing through her life and everyone’s
telling her that she’ll regret it but
she don’t listen
and next thing she knows she’s all grown
up these lyrics really connected to my
life you see when I was younger my mom
didn’t make the best decisions because
of this me and my sister had spent most
of our time taking care and watching my
little brother I was in the second grade
taking care of my brother we never
really got much time play outside
my mom would leave me and my big sister
at home to watch my little brother she
would go here to Columbus to get dressed
we were responsible for ourselves my mom
would always ask us if we wanted to stay
home from school of course like any
other kid we said yes and she would
leave us a home and we and she’d go run
errands which really meant she was going
to Columbus to get drugs mostly you
might think that this is a problem that
only happens in other neighborhoods
cities states or families well know did
you know that more than fourteen percent
of kids 14 percent of two-year-olds live
with at least one parent who’s addicted
to drugs or alcohol of these eight
million of these 14 percent of the
two-year-olds 12% are ages 6 to 11 these
kids like me miss out on quality
playtime the importance of play has been
proven
over and over again bleh is really
important to children and their families
it helps with the kids self-esteem and
quality of life about four years ago I
came home from school and everyone was
crying I asked my grandma what was wrong
and she just told me to go pack some
clothes so I did and in the car I asked
her what was wrong and she told me that
my mom and my stuff that had went to
jail they were on drugs I got to stay
with my grandma for a few months it was
really fun then and we got to go to a
new school meet new people and on the
weekends that my dad didn’t get us in
the weekdays we’d always go over to our
neighbor’s house and play we’d always
have water balloon fights in the summer
and once we were out of our water
balloons we would sneak up behind each
other and pour buckets of water on each
the importance of play is important to
children it helps with their self-esteem
and quality of life
it makes us physically and mentally
healthy it it helps our imagination and
our independence after a few months of
living with my grandma my dad got
custody of us and now we live here in
Columbus with somewhat of a good
backyard it’s really muddy back there
and we always go out back and play with
my Pig my turkey my duck my cat and my
dog I go to new school it is really fun
to take my advice and stake it for as
long as you can and there is more good
news my it’s been about four years since
my mom has even thought about doing
drugs or did drugs my whole family is very proud of her
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