I remember living in the most horrible orphanage.
Of course I can’t really compare well because I haven’t been to many orphanages, but it was pretty bad.
We were starved if we didn’t behave up to standard, and that was a high standard. You could actually miss a meal if you didn’t fold your bed the right way and all the corners had to be perfect! I remember crying one night because there was a tiny wrinkle in my blanket and I was very hungry. Fortunately, a buddy of mine brought me half a biscuit to hold me over and that was very thoughtful of him. I remember praying many nights that I would get out of that place soon, and it was strange because one night there was an explosion. The whole place caught on fire and we rushed to get out to safety while we watched the place burning down even while the fire dept was working hard to put out the fire. I heard that the AC system blew up because it didn’t have enough maintenance or something like that. I could believe it, I hardly ever saw any HVAC professionals come out to the place. So the new orphanage my buddy and I were transferred to was something else. They actually were nice at this place and they had reasonable temperature control settings. The beds were comfortable with nice mattresses and it was clean inside. We weren’t punished severely for petty issues and we always had good food. My buddy and I ended up being adopted by a family who thought we were cute together. We said we were brothers and so they took us both in. We have always been inseparable since way back and even to this day, we both work as HVAC professionals. We are planning to start our own business together eventually.