Recently graduated from the ivory halls of academia, I wanted to work for justice. I worked with a child abuse prosecutor. Child abuse is wrong. Then I worked in a homeless shelter. I met some of those abusers.
Child abuse is still wrong, but some moms are lost.
Some moms have never known a loving mom like my mom and my mom's mom. Some moms love crack cocaine so much that they forget how much they love their own children. I used to work with their kids. They greeted me each day with squeals of laughter and enthusiastic little hugs. I also saw the places to which they would eventually move.