Archive for September, 2009

By Analiz González
Buckner International
LiLi wore pig tales with a tiny pink pom pom on one side of her head. In a small purse, she carried every picture, every note her family had mailed her.

By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
The sweet smell of strawberry and rhubarb pie fills the air of Kristen and Doug Mitrisin’s home in Rowlett, Texas. It’s a warm summer day, and their daughter Amber, a senior at University of North Texas, has just walked in as the doorbell chimes. Kristen announces that their eldest son and daughter, [...]

By Jenny Pope
“Jacob, tuck in your shirt.”
“Micah, come stand by Mommy.”
The 6-year-old twins shuffle and twirl around the Tarrant County Family Law Center lobby as their mother tries to coax them into the courtroom.