My Story

My Next Chapter

A New Start

             As I got to my destination at an unfamiliar place I met with unfamiliar faces that were called family. I met all kinds of people that day, my grandma and grandpa, my aunts and uncles, cousins, and my new immediate family. In the beginning I was visiting my dad and his new family but he had other plans for my future that will change me forever. I've spent days with them without end. My new family seemed to be a perfect family even tough they lived in a trailer, but they seemed very happy together. I met my new older sister, Denise and my younger brother Michael. And a new mom but she wasn't my mom, she was theirs. I was happy to have siblings that I could interact with. They were so much fun but they didn't seem to like all the attention on me. In all reality I never liked it anyways, I was always by myself playing in my own room when I was with my mom. I started to think about my old family up north. I thought a lot of my mom, my grandma and grandpa, and two uncle's a lot. One of my uncle's is a year younger then me so we got along very well, he was my best friend, and I missed him so much. I always wondered how it must have felt for me to go. I started to miss them and feel regret for leaving them behind.

         One day out of the blue my mom came down to visit me. Little did I know something horrible was about to happen and I wasn't prepared for it. My new family and I went to a strange big building. It was beautiful and unique to me. My mom got out of her car with my baby sister and we all went inside. I had to wait outside of the room that my mom and dad went into because they didn't allow kids. Once my parents came out my mom was crying, and I wondered what happened. My mom pulled me aside and told me "Venus you know that I love you and you can always call me when you need anything but I'll be gone for awhile and I need you to stay with your dad, and be strong, I won't be long, I'll get you back I promise I Love You". I didn't understand what "I'll get you back" meant because she wasn't going to be gone for a long time. And nobody told me that I was going to stay here more than awhile. With that my mom left and I didn't see her for a very long while. I waited for her to come and get me as I started to fight and argue with my new siblings, they would gang up on me and make fun at me. But during the good days they were nice to me. I was beginning to feel uncomfortable here.