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- jocelyn rivera
- Username: jocelynrivera
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
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- "Growing Up in The System"
- Summary: WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of it all.
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jocelyn rivera
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 03:15 PM
this piece was about a girl named Shirley Diaz's who's father murdered his mother a few years back this left her older sister with 9 siblings i think that this piece was very moving it really made me think about so much about the parents that i have. this story hurt me so much that some one her age had to go through something like that. l see how hard it was for shirley to live to live in a foster home with so many other kids .i understood what she was talking about having a baby and how things would change and make feel like there is a way out .i dont think that she should have rushed into getting pregnant but things happen. when she lost the baby 2 months in she felt like it was a relief in a way im glad that shes trying to make things work on her own. i really loved this piece because it was real you dont hear her crying all day and hating life you see her trying to make a difference in her life by reconnecting with her father and in a sense trying to make the best of the situation