Leaping through the courtyard of her new home in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, 10-year-old Serenity shows off all the things she likes about the place.
She bounces a basketball, turns a cartwheel, points to the cubby where she puts her bookbag at the after-school program.
But when asked about why she likes living here, she brings up something else entirely — her mom.
“I really love her, I was born with her,” she said.
“It was kind of sad not having her when I was living with my grandma. I’m way more happy because I’m living with my actual parent.”
Serenity’s mom, Katy, is a
