of humor.
one day, when she was about 10, she was walking home from school to what she estimates as her eighth foster home in seven years. she walked past a church and stopped. music was coming from inside and she wanted to listen to it.
the next day she walked past the same church and stopped on the sidewalk to listen again. a secretary came out from the office and invited her inside to listen. the girl said she declined because she did not think it was okay.
the next week, she walked past and stopped again. and again. finally, on this fourth day, she accepted the secretary's invitation. she says now 