Let me tell you about my family. I have had a rough life. When i was a child, i really never had what you call "good parents". They would always fight in fount of me even when i was like two years old. I would always see my dad punching my mom and my mom spitting at my dad, but it was a normal everyday thing for me. I just had to watch because we didn't have a TV. One day, my dad was fighting with my mom and he grabbed her head and threw it into a toaster. i was so scared it would be me next. My mom was bleeding and wasn't responding for about 3 hours. i didn't know what to do. this happen a lot until they got a divorce. she would drink until she would end up in the hospital. he would hit her till she was all black and blue. He used drugs right in front of me but i just had to watch because i was just 5. then i went to live with my grandma. it was ok. i still got to see my mom, but my dad was in jail.  untill, my mom would stop paying child support , stop calling, stop showing up. I stiil have nightmares that she is gonna take me away. i feel so scared on streets. i feel so lonley. i fell sad everyday. Nothing can help me. I havent seen my mom in 9 years. my dad  is better. he has a girl friend. but im just here. trying to smile.