Hal Kahn
Piedmont CASA Volunteer since 2016
Piedmont CASA Volunteer since 2016
We are all currently living in a state of tremendous uncertainty. We don’t know when we’ll be able to make home visits, or go to court, or just go anywhere in public. Some things are starting to re-open, but no one knows how long it will take or whether a second wave shutdown will come. We have no control over what happens or what we’re allowed to do, and it’s a very frustrating way to live.
And yet. The foster child I work with has had to change homes several times in the past 20 months. She has had to change schools. She has had visits with her parents and siblings stopped, re-started, re-scheduled. I don’t know when I’ll be able to go to a restaurant; she doesn’t know when (or if) she’ll be able to live where she wants. And yet, she always has a smile during home visits, even virtual ones. She does her best in school, in the foster home, and with her family.
With just a small taste of the uncertainty in life that this girl has been dealing with for a very long time, I have gained great respect and admiration for her. She has taught me an essential lesson that I will remember in all my future CASA cases.
Because you can change a child's story.
