Hope's Journey: A Runaway Teen Challenge

Meet Hope. A girl who just loves country music, hamburgers, and the color violet. She's flirty, artistic, a green thumb, and a computer whiz... and a foster kid.

Hope was given up when she was a kid, long before she could remember, to the Foster Care system. And, unfortunately for her, was never adopted. She spent her life hopping around in the system between orphanages and foster care. Fed up, and wanting at least a place to call her own, Hope ran as far away as she could get on the bike she stole and what little food and money she was able to procure. By the time she stopped running, she was out of food, out of funds. What she did still have, miraculously, was her bike, clothes and a sleeping bag.

And this is where we meet Hope. Without a penny to her name, Hope finds a place to hide out in the woods, across from a camp grounds, where she hopes never to be discovered. Satisfied with "home", she takes a trip over to the scrap yard to see what she can salvage for a little money.

By the time she's finished scrapping through the junk yard, she feels grungy. She travels back home to take a shower and is amazed when she realizes just how late it has gotten. Obviously, it's been a bit longer then she had anticipated picking up some money at the scrap yard. As luck would have it, though, she's made a good $258. Who knew making money could be so simple?

Hungry, she tries her hand at fishing. However, she's unable to catch any thing, so she heads off to another park where she is sure she'll be able to harvest food to start a garden and get a small bite to eat. She'll have to do some research on fishing so she can fish near home.

By the time Hope has finished harvesting, she is exhausted. She considers sleeping on the ground right there in the park, but thinks better of it, she could be caught out here in the open, and quickly heads home. When her head hits the pillow, Hope is out like a light. She doesn't wake up again until the next morning. One of the first things Hope does in the morning is to plant 3 of the seeds procurred the night before, popping one in her mouth as she works. For fun, realizing she hasn't enough experience to be able to plant it any way, Hope makes a jack-o-lantern out of her pumpkin.

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Technical Difficulties

My apologies, dear readers, for writing and dropping off the face of the planet. First, an illness made it difficult for me to do much of any thing. Wuh wuh wuh! Then I had some technical difficulties with Hope. Finally, she just aged too soon. So I decided to start over with  her and Taffy. I hope to have the new post up soon. My apologies for any inconveniences this may have caused. Stay tuned.