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It sounds like you had a challenging upbringing in foster care, being placed into the system twice due to neglect and abandonment. Your experience of bouncing around the east coast and finally finding a semi-permanent home must have been quite difficult. It's great to hear, though, that you were eventually adopted by two amazing individuals at the ages of eight and six. Your experience and perspective on the foster care system and adoption are sure to be valuable and insightful. It's clear that you have been through a lot, and it's commendable that you're working to make a positive impact by sharing your story through your book. It's also very touching to hear that the proceeds from the book will go towards helping foster families during the holidays. Your resilience and determination are truly admirable. If you have any further questions or topics you'd like to discuss, feel free to let me know.

GDL Steven Benedict

I , I'll give you the highlights of things but uh I was raised in out of foster homes . I was put into foster care twice once at four months , uh due to neglect and abandonment and then put back into my mother's hands . Then my brother was born and we were living in a motel room , very unstable situation , very volatile .

GDL Steven Benedict

But being elderly , taking care of two toddlers was unsustainable for them . So our next best thing was to be put back into foster care and we were put back into foster care for about another six years where we bounced up and down around the east coast and then landed into a semi permanent home for the latter part of our foster care experience . And then we were blessed enough to be adopted at the ages of eight and six by two amazing individuals .

GDL Steven Benedict

Do you have ? I , I'll give you the highlights of things but uh I was raised in out of foster homes . I was put into foster care twice once at four months , uh due to neglect and abandonment and then put back into my mother's hands .

GDL Steven Benedict

We intentions at the tone but habits allowing you to shine this book . Um You also um have a fostering system . You do a lot .

GDL Steven Benedict

Out of all the things that you do ? I mean , you know , you're helping the foster care system , you've got this great book . Uh you , you're a runner .