A neighboring woman with two daughters (18 & 20) had been fighting with them and had driven them out of the house. Heather, eighteen, had done some babysitters for us many times, and is practically considered one of the family. When we found that she had nowhere to go, we invited her to stay with us until she can …

Beverly was from Iowa. Eighteen and new in the city. She had not made many friends, she said, because she was not used to going out at night. I met her on the bus while we traveled to and from work. We got up and down at the same stop. Although he was a little younger than me (I am 42) we seemed to hit him. She was a …