A New Family

David mother ignoring him

      David stayed little time in the foster child care after the trial. Ms. Gold looked for a family as fast as she could for David, there were many family's that would like to adopt a child but they need lot of requirements. Until one day Ms. Gold came to the foster care and said to David "you are leaving." They pack up all David’s properties and leave with lot of happiness. He get in the car and talk with Ms. Gold, they mostly talk of his new family, she told him that it was a good family that her new mother is a really good person and that he will have a very good life in this new family. Once they reach his new house, they saw this big white house and Ms. Gold tell him, "we are here." She knock the door and this young women came out, it was David new mother, Mrs. Catanze. They get in the house and she presented all his new family members; Larry Junior, Big Larry and Connie. Even though this is a short list of names they got lot of children's as their "children's" This family was dedicated to take care of foster child's, they have adopted 2 kids more that Mrs. Catanze take care of. Mrs. Catanze was a very good women she treated David very well, she gave him food, a bike and new clothes. He was living a very good life with his family. One day David and Lilian (Mrs. Catanze) were talking and the bell of the door rang. David went and open the door and what he saw was no good, it was mother. She came to the house as an invitation of Lilian, she was with his kids (David´s brothers) and she get in the house and talk with Lilian. David felt very bad, mother didn't even see him, and she ignored him as if he was a no one.

        David with his new family and stuff was having a new bike. He was given a bike and he ride it all the days until the night, he enjoyed having this bike, once he was riding it he remembered that mother let him ride bike for one time in his life and this time was before she started abusing him. Once he ride lot of times his bike he told Lilian...

  "That day was the first time I felt that I was a normal kid." (97)

       

       This quote really get to our heart, when David said this we can even feel his joy. This is another evidence of how mother treated him, another evidence of how she destroyed David psychology. When he said this we can guess that he felt that he was a no one before when he was with mother and not only tell us how bad is mother, but on how this new family will help him.

Is conected to what David mother didnt give David (love)
and what Lilian will give him

        Later on, when David mom came to visit him, David was feeling very bad. When she left he cried, and tell everything to Lilian, everything that her mom did to him. How she made him eat poop, how he stabbed him, how she threat to kill him and how she tell him that she hates David. Lilian felt very sorry with him and cried too. She didn’t knew anything of this, so she tried to cheer him up, and Lilian said...

"It´s all right. I´m right here. Everything´s going to be all right."(103)    

     This quote by Mrs. Catanze will make David have lot of trust with Lilian. When Lilian said this we know that she loves David and that he will be a good "mom", she will take care of him and David will have a good life. Lilian will always be taking care of him and while David is with Mrs. Catanze he will be secure and mother will never do anything to him. One simple quote like this if someone tell to us it will be like a simple " I love you" that is very common for us, but for David this can mean a world, one little piece of love he receive would mean a lot after everything that mother do to him.

      In conclusion for this chapters of the book I think that David’s life is changing a lot and in a good way. Now he receives love from people, he have clothes and he enjoys with his bike. He is having lot of joy in his life, even though he still have some problems, he is starting to get them through, he is starting to forget mother. For the next chapters I predict that David is going to have some new problems but now with a new person, Larry Jr. I think this because when he first came to the house (David) Larry Jr said he was a wimp and since he is in a difficult age were everything sucks for him, I think that David will face Larry Jr later on. As I want to keep reading more and more this book, I want to find out what new problems David will need to face and how will he get through all of them as he have done until this far.