Losing Faith Author:Erin Lee It wasn?t realistic for me to think that I could change the world. But it didn?t mean I couldn?t get my hands a little dirty and save all the children who came across my desk. That?s why I became a social worker; to make a difference in kids? lives. I was doing it?one day, one kid at a time?until I met Faith. Faith changed everything. For a kid ... more »too young to even really talk, her smile said everything I needed to hear. The way she reached for me as I shuffled her from visit to visit with her drug-addicted mom spoke louder than any plea she could have shouted. I heard her. Even the guardian ad litem, the guy appointed to protect her, knew. Everyone did, except the law. The day I handed her back was one of the hardest of my life. It?s this pesky thing called ?minimum standard of care.? It?s the law and the law doesn?t listen to one-year- olds who?d probably rather not grow up in shelters with mothers who don?t believe in daily feedings. They told me I couldn?t save the world. They told me not to try. I took it as a dare and said, ?watch me.? Losing Faith is the story of social worker Aster Henderson and her battle to save a little girl known as Faith. Fighting against a broken system and people who?ve simply given up, Aster finds herself with a decision to make ? to break the very laws she?s sworn to work within, or, to follow the rules. Sometimes, when a child?s life depends on it, things get murky . . . At least, for the ones who really care.« less