I Would Like to Help Runaways

Things were bad for me when I was young. My parents never cared about
me and my father drank a lot and beat me. I was thrown out/runaway when
I was 15. I lived in the streets and ate from the dumpster at McDonalds
in Los Angeles. I was lucky and never got into drugs, crime, or
prostitution. I was always able to find work, even if it meant going
from door to door and mowing lawns. I slept in the back of an abandoned
car for a year or so. Looking back, the hardest thing for me was
missing out on being a kid and experiencing my teen aged years.

I'm 39 now and have a daughter and we are very close. I run my own
business and have a pretty good life. Things do get better. I treat my
daughter very well and we are very close, I think my experiences has
shown me how important parent/child relationships are.

If anyone is a runaway and needs help, please email me. I'm in Southern
California. I won't judge you or anything, I've been there. But if
things get too hard and you need help or place to stay send me an email
and way to contact you.

tomdavis61@yahoo.com

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