allison graduated from smith college and catherine graduated from california polytechnic. allison is now working for microsoft and catherine is en route to becoming a veterinarian. they are both doing quite well. we went to both graduations as well. we had several different conversations with the two young women, sometimes at their schools or where they lived. >> in the end, they sounded so normal, although it was very emotional from time to time. i kept asking, how did they get through this? >> there were several ways. one is that they had each other. they were the one constant in each other's lives. that happened to be a private foster care facility where there was a social worker who took a very strong interest in them. she became a stable force in their life. they both went through years of professional counseling to help them adjust. they also excelled as students, which gave them a focus for things, even prior to going into foster care. they could always find refuge in their studies. >> what did you learn about foster care? >> i learned that it is not something you w