This was my second stay at the home, but my first time here with all of my siblings. We arrived late in the middle of the night. The staff members were pleasant enough, and they had prepared supper for us, which we ate gratefully while standing around a large oak table in the large kitchen, drinking hot milk. Dotty the cook was still there from the last time I was there. A care worker named Gill gave us some nightclothes to change into. I did not remember Gill from my first stay, so assumed she was a new member of staff; she had a kind smile and a gentle persona. Gill then led us to our rooms and said everyone else was asleep; she urged us to be quiet so as not to wake anyone.I remember that night as if it was yesterday. I was so scared of being put into a room with four other girls (who were fast asleep). I had a little bed in a corner of the room, which I ran to and buried myself beneath the sheets, crying myself to sleep. When I awoke the next morning I was too scared to leave my bed as I had soaked it during the night.
