(Washington Post) — Rasheeda Wilson has seven children living in her home in Southeast Washington. She’s got her own kids — Rashed, 16, Wade, 14, and Atyra, 12. Then she has her sister’s kids — Diamond, 5, Miracle, 4, Heaven, 3, and Angel, 2 — hers to care for because their mother, Wilson says, is addicted to drugs. Add five dogs and a cat and that’s 13 living creatures on Brothers Place SE that depend on Wilson — or, as she puts it, “a lot of heartbeats.”
Still, Wilson is ready for more. For many months, she’s wanted to open an in-home day care. The main obstacle, she says, is the D.C. government.
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