Somewhere to turn

My dream for TREE is that no kid living here would ever feel that he or she had no where to turn.   I think there are critical moments of need in kids' lives that left unfilled can haunt them long after.  Some might say it is only the protracted unmet lacks that wound.  It may be so.  But think if there are not moments from your childhood when, against the odds, someone was there for you at just the right moment--and of how you have never forgotten it.  That's money in the bank for life.  My strong feeling is that when it comes to growing up, there's safety in numbers.  I remember times when as a parent I was totally at a loss for my daughter.  At such times, I have been humbly grateful for the emotional alchemy of others when mine had failed.  My simple dream is that we be there for that kid when he or she thinks there's no where to turn.