When I first picked this article up I was hesitant to actually start reading. I honestly thought it was a long and boring article. Once I began to read it my eyes had tears and my jaw dropped, shocking.

I could not even believe what I was reading. The article was graphic and the author did an amazing job putting the reader at the scene of the beginning of the article. This poor little girl, Dani was completely neglected and her mother had no care in the world. Left on her floor with no clothes, no food, and no communication to the outside world or with anyone is so sad and makes me so angry. How could Child Services let this go for so long? Especially when they recieved two calls from neighbors that exlained the disgusting living conditions and the terrible parenting skills, if you even consider leaving your daughter and autistic son at home alone for days at a time parenting skills.

When Michelle Crockett said “a part of me died that day” it got me so angry because she was letting Dani rot in a dark closet sized room. How could he even begn to say part of herself died, she did not even care for her child. She did not think anything wrong of her toxic home full of animal and human phecies. WHenever she made a statement or comment about how she cared for “Danielle” she could never give names of where they actually went.

Bernie and Diane Lierow are amazing people for taking on Dani knowing her background. They are warm and caring parents which is just what Dani needs. She has improved alot more than when they first found her , all skin and bones. An 8 years old girls who couldnt go to the bathroom has learned how to now which shows that she will improve more.

This article was the type of article that makes the reader want to continue to read more. I can not believe this wasnt on the news. I feel like it is an important story to be told and Lane Degregory did it in an impressive way.