Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te wa i 17 ai ia, kaore he waahi mo Geoff Johnson i te kaainga. I tīmata tana whaea ki te kohikohi i a ia e tamariki ana, e kore e pai ki te whakakahore i tetahi mea; kaore e taea te whakatika i tetahi mea. I tana tau whakamutunga, i te tau 1995, he nui rawa: ka neke atu ia. Inaianei, e rua tekau tau i muri mai, kua hoki mai ia me tana tuahine iti ake a Jennifer McShea ki te whare o te whanau i Omaha, Nebraska - a kaore he mea i rereke. I haere a Geoff, 37 ona tau, ki te toro ki tona whaea, engari i tu noa ia i waho i mua i tana tiki i a ia kia noho i tetahi atu waahi. E 37 ana hoki nga tau o Jennifer, e rua noa iho nga wa i hoki mai ai ia, i runga i te tohutohu a tana kaitohutohu, kia aro atu ai ki te whakama nui e mau tonu ana ki a ia. Engari i te matenga o to raua whaea i muri i tana pakanga 12 tau ki te mate pukupuku uma i te tau 2013, ka tukuna te whare ki a raua. I te mutunga ka hoki mai ki te whakangaromanga ātaahua, i whakaaweahia rātau ki te waihanga i tētahi raupapa whakaahua whakamiharo me a rātau ake tamariki hei tuhi i te mea pono o te noho hei tamaiti o te kaitiaki taonga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te oranga o te tamaiti o te kohikohi: I hoki mai a Geoff Johnson ki te whare o tona whaea, he kohikohi kaha, 20 tau i muri i tana wehenga atu ka hanga i tetahi raupapa whakapakoko e pa ana ki tana whakatipu ohorere. I mahia tēnei e ia mā te whakakotahi i ngā whakaahua o tana tama ki ngā whakaahua o te whare i whakangaromia e te paru i Omaha. 'Kahore he waahi mo te tamaiti': Ko tana tuahine iti a Jennifer, 37 hoki ona tau, i uru atu ki a ia i a raatau e aro atu ana ki o raatau waa i muri i te matenga o to ratau whaea i te mate pukupuku u i te tau 2013. Ko te tamahine a Jennifer e whā tau te pakeke e takoto ana ki runga i te huinga o te wharepaku kaore i pa mai mai i to raua wehenga atu i te tau 1993. I hiahia a Geoff, he kaitā whakaahua, kia kite i tana tama me te tamahine a Jennifer e haere ana i waenganui i te paru - pērā i a rāua i nga tau i mua. Engari he tino kino te whare e pakaru ana, ā, he kino tonu ō rātau whakaaro, nā reira i kōwhiri rātau ki te whakamahi i te Whakaahua Whakaahua, ā, ka tāpiri i ngā tamariki ki runga i ngā whakaahua. Ahakoa te aha, ko ngā hua tino tūturu e pā ana ki te manawanui e kī ana a Geoff he tino uaua ki te whakatau. He uaua ki te whakaahua i te whakama, i te wehi ki te whakama, i a koe e tipu ana i te taha o te kaitiaki taonga,
I tipu ake a Geoff Johnson rāua ko Jennifer McShea i te taha o tētahi whaea e kaha ana ki te kohikohi taonga. Kāore te pouaka whakamātao i te mahi, i te puranga o te paru, engari kāore he mea i whakatikaia. I mahue i a rātau he whakaaro hohonu o te whakama. E rua tekau tau i muri i to raua wehenga atu, ka mate to raua whaea, a ka riro te whare ki a raua. Kua hoki mai rāua, kua waihanga i tētahi raupapa whakaahua, e tāpiri ana i a rāua tamariki ki runga i ngā whakaahua o te whare hei whakaatu i te tirohanga pōraru o ngā tamariki e tipu ana i roto i taua taiao.