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Brought over on a cargo ship then loaded unto flat railroad trailers and brought to the Midwest It was so big it reminded Genevie of the home she was forced to leave and the faer except her mother She could smell her est ti nothing made any sense to her in the new library on the middle shelf the nuns put the only book that came with her They told her the book was about her faot older

One time when she was al at the cover when Sister Maria caught her She let her look at the family crest on the front then she told her when she turned sixteen everything would make more sense

The cover had sohtened her so she didn't touch it any more She told Sister Marie it scared her Sister Marie assured her there was nothing to be afraid of

The next year the nuns built a orphanage in town for children who had no parents A lot of young children ca huge hoht Genevie at her ho able to play with other children For the longest time she didn't even know there were other children around

One suht her to town to watch the fireworks and eat watere All the way ho her about the other children After that every so often she was taken to the park and was allowed to play with the other children froe

Sister Marie explained to her that she had a immune deficiency disease and couldn't be around the other children all the time She could come down sick Genevie asked Sister Marie is that why I have to have that needle with a hose in my arm every week

Sister Marie replied yes silly to row up Genevie wanted to know exactly as being given to her Sister Marie explained it was a lot of vitamins and electrolytes Genevie told her sometimes it left a icky taste in her ive herthe treatment Genevie asked her what the treatment was called Sister Marie said it was called a vitamin IV drip