Roller Coaster Hill

We all know there are “bad seeds” — those who show signs early in life of being troublemakers, deviants, or career criminals. By all accounts, Dwaine Casmey was one of those kids. Sent to juvie by his parents when they felt they could not control him, graduated through the system for discipline problems, and shifted from one facility to another in an attempt to rein him in. Dwaine seemed incapable of making a right or good choice for his life. In fact, he seemed determined to screw up, even landing himself in prison as an adult for a violent crime. It would seem he was unsalvageable, unapologetic, and irredeemable. But, in Dwaine’s case, these labels were only part of the story.