Sad Story

[Janet]

I almost forgot to tell you guys. I have this family on my bus route that is really sad. They live in horrible filth. The little girl that rides my bus is in first grade. She lives with her aunt (mother walks the streets in our little town) and step-grandfather. They are on disablility for mental problems. They have their neighbors scared to death because they sit just across the road in front of the neighbors house in the weeds and just stare. They have had the cops called on them many times and they don't like going there either. Well anyway... about a week ago, Patty (the little girl) got on the bus and said she had a new kitty. Her nutso aunt would walk her to the bus and wait on her by the road in the afternoon with this little gray tiger kitty. Yesterday Patty got on the bus and said her kitty died. I said I was sorry for her and her kitty and asked what had happened. Patty told me that her aunt forgot to feed it. Can you believe that? I've been in contact with the school and CPS since school started. My wish is that as sad as it sounds...is that they can take Patty and put her in a good foster home. I feel so bad for this little girl.