Family
Have you ever felt like you don’t have anyone to turn to? When you need someone to talk to, do you ever feel alone? This used to be a problem I had every single day. I felt like my parents were just some friends that occasionally dropped by to see how I’m doing and what I’ve been up to. I have some amazing friends that I know will be there when I need them, but a lot of the friends I had growing up were really fake to my face.
When I turned 11 I was taken away from my parents. I felt like it was the worst thing that could’ve happened to me, even though they were never really there for me. I left all of the good friends I had as my supports to move to another family. A few months passed and I ended up going to live with my aunt and uncle. Going to live with them meant I was living with at least some family and I got to go back to the school with my best friends. Well turns out that my so called “family” disowned me and wanted nothing to do with me. I once again had no where to go, no one to turn to.
I fell into a deep depression and just decided to give up on thinking people could actually love me for the person I am.
A few more months dragged on. One rainy day, a very kind woman came to the group home where I was staying to meet me and see if I would like to go live with her in Eagle Mountain. We spoke for actually a very brief time, but I felt like she was caring enough that I could maybe give having a family one more shot. I know that it’s a foster family and it never crossed my mind that I, Rachel, could have a family that’s always there for me, cares for me, and doesn’t expect me to change the person I am to fit better into her family. Jen Miles is honestly the best thing that’s happened to me.
I’ve been living with her for a year and a couple of months, and she’s in the process of adopting me. I am so happy. I’m so very excited to have somewhere to belong and someone to belong to. My advice to you, “Never give up. Never think that there’s no one in this world that will love you and no one that you can belong to. You’ll all find a family some day. It may take sometime. It took me 16 years, but keep your faith and hope strong.
Families are the compasses that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter and fall. I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.” -Anthony Brandt
-Rachel
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6 comments:
i know how u feel being taken from your family that young i was 5 when i was taken from my mother well left by my mother to my brother.
TY
It's hard, being taken from your mother and father. I was taken at the age of 5, my father was in prison, and my mother was a drug addict. Luckily, my loving aunt took me in, but it took me nearly 10 years to truly understand the sacrifices she's made for me. My advice is to never take your family for granted. I did, and when I was sent to state's custody, I was devastated. Family is forever.
dang i kind of know how it is being taken away from your family it really sucks i hope you feel good about it one day
Landon
Rachel Foster, you are one of the most amazing, strongest, passionate person I know and those aren't even the tip of the ice berg of what you are! You have so many great qualities and i really do think it's because of your past. We both kind of have the same past but yours would be so much harder to overcome, but somehow you did. You went through hell itself and have come out on top! I consider myself lucky to even know you because your strength has inspired me. You not only made a difference in my life but i can tell you right now you constantly make a difference in everybody's lives that you even talk to!
alex
WOW Rachel good post i actually have felt alone, as if there was nobody i could turn to... i still sort of am in a depression... i hope life is going better for you...
James M.
i know families are so important but this is not my case i can overcome without my family
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