In 2017 five-year-old Julia traveled with her mother, Guadalupe, from Honduras to the United States. Her harrowing journey got her through Mexico in the cargo section of a tractor truck. After that she was separated from her mom, who was kept hostage by smugglers who exploited her physically and economically. At america border, Julia arrived through the processing middle as an unaccompanied minor after being separated from her stepdad who was deported. Gena Thomas tells the story of how Julia came to the United States, what she experienced in the system, and what it had taken to reunite her with her family members. A Spanish-speaking former missionary, Gena became Julia’s foster mom and witnessed firsthand the methods migrant children experience trauma. Weaving together the tales of birth mom and foster mother, this book shows the human encounter from the immigrant and refugee, the difficulties from the immigration and foster treatment systems, as well as the tenacious power of motherly like.