Saving Danny

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  • The
  • fifteenth
  • fostering
  • memoir
  • by
  • Cathy
  • Glass. Danny
  • was
  • petrified
  • and
  • clung
  • to
  • me
  • in
  • desperation
  • as
  • I
  • carried
  • him
  • to
  • my
  • car.
  • Trapped
  • in
  • his
  • own
  • dark
  • world,
  • he
  • couldn't
  • understand
  • why
  • his
  • parents
  • no
  • longer
  • loved
  • or
  • wanted
  • him,
  • and
  • were
  • sending
  • him
  • away.While
  • Danny’s
  • parents
  • have
  • everything
  • they
  • could
  • wish
  • for
  • in
  • material
  • terms,
  • they
  • are
  • unable
  • to
  • care
  • for
  • their
  • only
  • child.
  • This
  • is
  • where
  • Cathy
  • comes
  • in.
  • On
  • a
  • cold
  • dark
  • evening
  • Danny
  • finds
  • a
  • place
  • in
  • her
  • home
  • where
  • he
  • can
  • be
  • himself;
  • away
  • from
  • his
  • parents’
  • impatience
  • and
  • frustration.
  • Often
  • in
  • his
  • own
  • little
  • world,
  • six-year-old
  • Danny
  • finds
  • it
  • difficult
  • to
  • communicate,
  • finding
  • solace
  • in
  • his
  • best
  • friend
  • and
  • confidant
  • George
  • his
  • rabbit. Cathy
  • quickly
  • becomes
  • aware
  • of
  • his
  • obsessively
  • meticulous
  • behaviour
  • in
  • addition
  • to
  • his
  • love
  • of
  • patterns,
  • he
  • sees
  • them
  • everywhere
  • and
  • creates
  • them
  • at
  • any
  • opportunity
  • in
  • his
  • play
  • and
  • also
  • with
  • his
  • food.
  • She
  • realises
  • that
  • patience
  • is
  • the
  • key
  • to
  • looking
  • after
  • Danny
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • her
  • well-tried
  • strategies
  • for
  • managing
  • children’s
  • behaviour. With
  • his
  • father
  • refusing
  • to
  • cooperate,
  • it
  • becomes
  • increasingly
  • likely
  • that
  • Danny
  • will
  • be
  • living
  • with
  • Cathy
  • permanently
  • until
  • she
  • gets
  • an
  • opportunity
  • to
  • speak
  • her piece.
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