When I was fifteen years old, I was placed in foster care. The years before I aged out of foster care were tumultuous, very often low and seldom high. Unlike many youths in foster care, my siblings and I were not separated from one another more than once and we did not move around often. Even so, we experienced a lot of difficulties and the worst time of year for my siblings and I was usually during the holidays. It was the time of year that served as the biggest reminder tha