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Anybody else out there occasionally indulge in a "whatever happened to" kind of Google search for old classmates or friends? Or am I just a stalker at heart?
One of the biggest drawbacks to that for me is that many of my old girl friends have married and changed their names, so even if there is some info out there to be found, i wouldn't know where to look. So mostly I stick to the boys I knew or dated or whatever.
ANYWAY...
I randomly put in the name of this one kid I'd had an enormous crush on in elementary school, and it turns out that he's got NY Times bestseller that came out in February. It's a memoir based on his life as a child in foster care, and it's garnered some fabulous reviews. I had talked to him on several occasions about his life with his foster family, and I knew that he wasn't happy, but I had no freaking clue it was so bad. Anyway.
So the book thing is all good, but here's the really cool part (at least to me). He's actually dedicated his entire life to bettering the foster care system, and getting state agencies to remember that they're dealing with children, not cases. And he's made an enormous impact on how things are done in the US.
I'm so proud of him. I have no right to be, because I had nothing to do with it, but I'm just so tickled that he managed to turn such a terrible situation around and make it into something so positive.
Here's to you, Andy. Ya done good!
ETA:
One of the biggest drawbacks to that for me is that many of my old girl friends have married and changed their names, so even if there is some info out there to be found, i wouldn't know where to look. So mostly I stick to the boys I knew or dated or whatever.
ANYWAY...
I randomly put in the name of this one kid I'd had an enormous crush on in elementary school, and it turns out that he's got NY Times bestseller that came out in February. It's a memoir based on his life as a child in foster care, and it's garnered some fabulous reviews. I had talked to him on several occasions about his life with his foster family, and I knew that he wasn't happy, but I had no freaking clue it was so bad. Anyway.
So the book thing is all good, but here's the really cool part (at least to me). He's actually dedicated his entire life to bettering the foster care system, and getting state agencies to remember that they're dealing with children, not cases. And he's made an enormous impact on how things are done in the US.
I'm so proud of him. I have no right to be, because I had nothing to do with it, but I'm just so tickled that he managed to turn such a terrible situation around and make it into something so positive.
Here's to you, Andy. Ya done good!
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