At 16 Ally was thrown out of her foster home <br /> <br />She lived on a friends sofa until she could afford a place of her own <br /> <br />She left school so she could get 2 jobs <br /> <br />She had no qualifications and not a lot of friends but so being employed meant a lot <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />She worked as a cleaner and as a shop assistant <br /> <br />Where she made so many friends in a instant <br /> <br />At 18 she could finally afford a flat to rent <br /> <br />Her colleagues gave her furniture and helped her find a place in Kent <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />At 19 her best friend Lori who was like a mother to her had cancer <br /> <br />She was 34 and had 4 young kids and not even money would be the answer <br /> <br />Lori was thrown out of her home and had moved in with Ally <br /> <br />Who welcomed her and always stayed positive and happy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lori had no family and her husband had died <br /> <br />6 months after she was diagnosed she when to be by his side <br /> <br />She left Ally to look her 4 young kids <br /> <br />Ally was like a daughter to her and knew it would be the best thing she did <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ally was made redundant and became unemployed <br /> <br />It was a time of her life she least enjoyed <br /> <br />Only 2 of the kids was in school full time <br /> <br />Finding the money to feed them never left her mind <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ally got married at 24 <br /> <br />He was someone she adored <br /> <br />By the time ally was 80 she had 6 more kids they all moved away <br /> <br />But it was Lori's kids who decided to stay <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />They looked after her until it was her time to go <br /> <br />It was a cold night and past away while watching the snow <br /> <br />Lori's kids were made sure her family there to say goodbye <br /> <br />Some flew on planes to be there and couldn't help but cry<br /><br />Melissa Furey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/finding-happiness-though-the-hardest-times/
