Excerpts
from the Ocean Residential Community Home Program
Newsletter
Family
Day*
What
does family mean to me?
Well,
family to me means a loving and caring family
that will always support me when I really need
them. I never realized that until I started getting
in trouble being around the wrong people and with
the law, yes I regret that. I got in a gang, but
my biggest mistake was that I thought that my
gang members were my family and they would be
there for me all the time and help me. But the
first day I got locked up, they didn't worry about
me anymore. The only people there for me was my
family. I did not expect my family to be there
for me when I didn't care about being with them.
But now I realize that the real family I was looking
for was right in front of me. Now all I can do
is wait to get home and be with my real family
and I wouldn't change that for anything.