The 40-year-old single mom cracked a smile and, for a brief moment, laughed alongside them. Then she reminded Justin to brush his hair out of his eyes.
“I overcompensate, and I over-mother,” she acknowledged. “I’m very protective.”
Silver also worries. She worries about big things, like when her five kids are going to get kicked out of this Bellingham house, which a homeless prevention program pays for, for now. And smaller things, like how to make holidays feel special with the meager income she gets from welfare, food stamps, and whatever odd jobs she can find on Craigslist.
“Their friends are having birthday parties at pony farms and Sky Zone,”
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