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The Seed Discussion Forum / Lost Friends to the SEED
« on: August 05, 2003, 11:41:00 AM »
While I was not a Seedling, I find myself reading through this forum with great interest. Fortunate for me, my family was piss-poor back in the 1970's on the South side of St.Pete. The seed approached my parents about putting my brother and I in the Seed, but we were too poor for such a program. After reading through some of these stories, I look back at drinking powdered milk and having that hungry feeling as a true blessing.
My actual experience with the Seed was very real, however. I, too, lost friends to the program on a regular basis. My story for you readers is about how we would help seedlings on the run. It was common for my brother and I to offer safe haven to these unfortunate souls. My favorite story is when we were being chased by the police helicopter. Of course, we had a fresh run-away from the program in our car and my mother was in the car with us. After evading the chopper in a stand of trees, my mother started to get the idea we were actually being chased. (Bless her for her tolerance)It still seems unbelievable that the police were on the side of the Seed. This is one reason that so many felt that there was nowhere to turn. Sad that our run-aways had to leave the state and survive by their own means without the support of their parents.
Mr. Greg, Thanks for pursuing this forum with such vigilance. Sorry, I will not identify myself any further than to say Lakewood '78.
My actual experience with the Seed was very real, however. I, too, lost friends to the program on a regular basis. My story for you readers is about how we would help seedlings on the run. It was common for my brother and I to offer safe haven to these unfortunate souls. My favorite story is when we were being chased by the police helicopter. Of course, we had a fresh run-away from the program in our car and my mother was in the car with us. After evading the chopper in a stand of trees, my mother started to get the idea we were actually being chased. (Bless her for her tolerance)It still seems unbelievable that the police were on the side of the Seed. This is one reason that so many felt that there was nowhere to turn. Sad that our run-aways had to leave the state and survive by their own means without the support of their parents.
Mr. Greg, Thanks for pursuing this forum with such vigilance. Sorry, I will not identify myself any further than to say Lakewood '78.