At 14 I was left to raise my 6-year-old brother until the system tore us apart

The day they took Samuel, I held his little hand and whispered, “This isn’t goodbye.”

I was just 14, trying to be a parent to my 6-year-old brother until the foster care system split us apart.

I was just 14, trying to be a parent to my 6-year-old brother until the foster care system split us apart.