"God is good all the time and all the time, God is good." - Eminent Domain
When I was four years old, me and my two brothers got separated from our mother. Our mother had been doing drugs our whole lives and that's how we went into different foster care. We stayed in Porterville CA but in different homes. We got to see each other up till when I was eight years old. I remember the day and where I was. My church was having an easter picnic and my brothers showed up and my mother along with her new boyfriend and we were all hugging and saying our hi's and goodbyes. I never thought that that would be the last time I would see my brothers and my mother. Turns out, my mother got my brothers back and I ended up getting adopted by my foster family that I was with since four, and from eight years old up sixteen years old, I've been looking for my brothers. The middle of july I decided to make a facebook and I searched up my mother. I found her and I went into her friends and I found my two aunts and both of my brothers and messaged them asking if they remembered me. My name changed when I got adopted, so I went from a Graciela Marie Sandoval to a Jasmine Ariel Dekker, as you can tell I was in love with prince eric from the little mermaid and aladdin from aladdin. Hoping they'd recognize me because of my new name, which they did, I got to meet up with them a week later. We reunited and talked about what went on with them. My mom was clean for a year and started using again and my brothers were going through what no one should be going through which was hell. I'm very thankful for reuniting with them, but I'm also thankful our mother didn't . From all that, I realize how blessed I am and how God was really there throughout my whole life and watching over me as so my brothers but in very different ways. I've learned to be more appreciative and to be more thankful for what I have and where I am now. On the other hand, my foster family had taken me in and clothed me, fed me, taught me about the Good lord and our father God in heaven, spoiled me, and made me apart of the family, emotionally and officially and always supported my hobbies. I love to sing; I always have which is my biggest hobby along with drawing and writing lyrics and poems. As of right now, I am a senior in high school on my way to college and have a good and loving boyfriend who I am with for almost two years on april 15th. Praying and hoping for my foster dad to get better with his bad heart and illnesses and my mother to try and get clean and for a good and happy life. I'm very happy and very blessed. As my journals mention, I was going to Monache High School for my freshman, sophmore and junior year, I had to transfer to Lindsay High School for my senior year. The change has been really hard because I miss my friends and especially the choir at Monache because I love to sing and they were really good and we traveled a lot. I'm happy that I'm gonna graduate and move on to college and start my career in nursing. I'd like to become a worship singer, but I need to be REALLY good to be something especially these days. Aside from that I'm a hardworking person who loves most types of music and a boyfriend who shares that passion with me. I am caring, loving, grateful and a thankful person to others and to myself.