Started my community stay today towards the end of the day. Caroline (not her real name) is a 20 year old girl in 11th grade. She is an orphan as her mother died when she was in third grade, she remembers her mothers death very clearly and in talking to her that was the only time she showed some emotion is when she talked about her. Her fourteenth year of life was horrible for her, her father died, then a few weeks later her grandmother died, then she got pregnant. Her daughter is six years old, and is shy around me. She has a younger brother and sister that are twins (like me) that are maybe 5 years younger than her that she looks after. She also cares for her grandfather whom she says is ninety.
My heart is broken for her, she seems smart and speaks English pretty well. She shares a room and bed with her daughter and I slept in the other bed which doesn't get used regularly, seems like more a 'display' bed.
The power was off so we have bread and a little bit of peanut butter for dinner, and tea. We brought some basic food staples with us so that I wouldn't be a burden to her financially. We went to bed at 6pm which surprised me but is maybe because the power is off.
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