Personal Story
Shekainah, “the Glory of God.” I bless the name of God for
his grace and mercy. I thank God every day of my life
because the Lord is good. The Lord is faithful. I want to tell
you God has a plan for each of us. God is good.
Maria Lourdes Jacques is from Haiti. She is a student in ESOL Level 5 at
the Dunbar Community School. Her Teacher is Mrs. Judy Peck.
Personal Story
My boyfriend is someone in my life that I truly admire.
I admire him the most because he’s been there for me
through thick and thin. I’ve told him my whole life story
and my situation that I am now stuck in and he has never
judged me. My boyfriend works hard just to take care of my
little sister and me. At the age of 12, I was sent to foster
care because my dad didn’t want me anymore. My sister has
always been the favorite in the house and he chose her over
me. Now, my sister is in the same predicament as me. So, I
took her in. It’s pretty hard trying to take care of her
because I am only 17 and I have no job and I am still in
school. My boyfriend is the love of my life and I couldn’t
do this by myself. I’ve been in foster care for the past 5
years now and I am still struggling. My mom kicked my
sister and me out at the ages of 4 and 3. She threw us on our
dad’s front lawn and just left us sitting there when no one
was home.
I basically have no one to go to when I have a problem
or really need someone to talk. Everybody who was once in
my life and I trusted the most has walked out on me. There
would be some nights when I would just cry myself to
sleep. It’s really hard trying to forgive those people who
would just up and leave me when I needed them the most.
They weren’t there. Since I’ve been in foster care, I have
had people tell me that I would never succeed in my life
because I have so much hate towards the people that I
should love the most. The way I think, I’m not going to let
these words bring me down. I am a smart girl. In a few
months, I’ll be the first person in my family to actually
graduate school and start college. I have always had this