30 For 30 is special to HPF. During the month of April it is Child Abuse Awareness Month and we do one blog post a day to bring awareness to this month.
J. Smith’s Story
J. Smith submitted an account of being abused in foster homes and by his step-grandfather. "I have been through hell and I have seen some things that a child should never witness or experience at such a young age, but I have come to believe this: if you can live through the worst times of your life, you can live through anything. Your life is beautiful even if one person or many people try and take it from you. You will get days that you just want to give up but you don't, you keep on marching and moving forward. [...]