of a young girl s dreams. she struggled to hold it all together. but michelle eventually dropped out of school.mi for a while she tried to support herself and angelica with a series of minimum wage jobs but couldn t make ends meet. after three years angelica was sent to live with dan s mother, who lived nearby, and michelle took to living with a series of people she called friends. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. happy birthday that september angelica celebrated her sixth birthday. michelle had just turned 20. a milestone that was not lost on mother or child. mommy s not a grownup anymore i mean, a teenager anymore. reporter: no. in a sense michelle never was a teenager.
she struggled to hold it all together. but michelle eventually dropped out of school. for a while she tried to support herself and angelica with a series of minimum wage jobs but couldn t make ends meet. after three years angelica was sent to live with dan s mother, who lived nearby, and michelle took to living with a series of people she called friends. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. happy birthday that september angelica celebrated her sixth birthday. michelle had just turned 20. a milestone that was not lost on mother or child. mommy s not a grownup anymore i mean, a teenager anymore. reporter: no. in a sense michelle never was a teenager. and now on the cusp of young adulthood michelle looked gaunt.
though dan continued to tape all the usual family functions. michelle s little girl angelica was now the center of attention. but on the periphery in offhand moments dan s camera also caught something else. the look and the unspoken despair that signaled the death of a young girl s dreams. she struggled to hold it all together. but michelle eventually dropped out of school. for a while she tried to support herself and angelica with a series of minimum wage jobs but couldn t make ends meet. after three years angelica was sent to live with dan s mother, who lived nearby, and michelle took to living with a series of people she called friends. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. happy birthday that september angelica celebrated her sixth birthday.
series of minimum wage jobs but couldn t make ends meet. after three years angelica was sent to live with dan s mother, who lived nearby, and michelle took to living with a series of people she called friends. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. happy birthday that september angelica celebrated her sixth birthday. michelle had just turned 20. a milestone that was not lost on mother or child. mommy s not a grownup anymore i mean, a teenager anymore. reporter: no. in a sense michelle never was a teenager. and now on the cusp of young adulthood michelle looked gaunt. her face bore the kind of sores that suggested she d been hitting the crack pipe. when did you notice things were going wrong?
she struggled to hold it all together. but michelle eventually dropped out of school. for a while she tried to support herself and angelica with a series of minimum wage jobs but couldn t make ends meet. after three years angelica was sent to live with dan s mother, who lived nearby, and michelle took to living with a series of people she called friends. by 2002 the wear and tear is written all over her face. happy birthday that september angelica celebrated her sixth birthday. michelle had just turned 20. a milestone that was not lost on mother or child. mommy s not a grownup anymore i mean, a teenager anymore. reporter: no. in a sense michelle never was a teenager. and now on the cusp of young adulthood michelle looked gaunt. her face bore the kind of sores