Feedback on the article "The Holidays: When Things Get Rough"

Its really hard on holidays cause you look back and remember how you and your family celibrated that holiday and you just sit there thinking thats why i wish there were no holidays cause they back memories. HurricaneK, age 13, VA.

Holloween is very hard for me as that is the night that i got taken away. i call my mom on Holloween night and talk to her and i just try not to relive the night. every year it gets easier and easier. crazyhorse15, age 15, MI.

The holidays are especially hard for me because of the constant feeling of being an outsider. I have had foster parents who tried very hard to help me fit in and feel like family. But I can never get over that feeling. My last foster mother was really cool she was funny and I enjoy spending time with her, she even referred to me as her draught. AT a Christmas party with her family and friend she introduced me as her daughter which of cores I did not mind. But during the party I had several people walk up to me asking questions like I did not know Denise (my foster mother) had a daughter, how old are you? Why have I never seen you before? At this point I was dumfounded. Should I not answer and be perceived as rude or should I answer letting everyone know that I am a foster child and subject me self to those steers of pity and even more uncomfortable questions. For the entire time at the party I felt miserable and lonely. I know it was not my foster mothers fault and despite her many effort there was nothing she could to extinguish my feeling of not belonging. Empress, age 19, FL.