“The ability for students to express feelings about their circumstances that POPS provides is perhaps one of the most powerful educational tools for self-awareness in existence.” —Robert Barton, California’s Inspector General
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I Have Always been Searching for a Father
by Anthony Rios
I have always been alone searching for a father, but it never happened.
Every night and day I have been praying to see him.
I have been crying for so long.
I was lost in the world, doing drugs, joining a gang, just looking for a father figure.
He fades away.
I learned things the hard way, by seeing my mom working so hard to give my (brothers, sisters and me a bite to eat every day.
Every night I listen to my mom cry.
I felt bad because I thought it was my fault he left.
When I saw him in jail, he said, “Sorry.”
But I didn’t listen to him. I was so mad I couldn’t forgive him because he wasn’t there when I needed him.
But I learned to keep my head up and how to forgive my father.
I thank God for changing my life. Without God in my life, I would be lost.
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