I am sure I was affected a lot more than my sister for two reasons:

1. She doesn't even remember it, and...

2. I could not eat because the pain in my chest was bigger than me.

I missed my mom and I did not like these new people in my life. I hated everything about my new environment now matter how much these people tried to paint it with rainbows and unicorns, so-to-speak. I wanted my mom. I wanted to go home.

I must've done this for some time or perhaps these ladies just grew impatient because it wasn't too long before I felt the sting of belts on my skin. Emotional pain can be debilitating and can outlast far longer than physical pain, but a belt touching your skin at 10mph can have very immediate effects. I'm assuming this was what the ladies were aiming for...