Kesiah Olvera
Janel Spencer
Writing 101S
17 October 2019
A Blessing In Disguise
My entire 18 years, I have been around foster kids; younger ones, older ones, and all with their own story to tell. On both my mom and dad’s side of the family numerous foster kids come in and out and very few ever have a happy ending. As I get older and come across more and more of these kids in the system, I learn more about them and their stories. Along with learning about these kids, it has made me realize some changes we can have in the foster system to help these innocent kids go through less trauma. One significant baby who came into my life has opened up my eyes to something I would have never thought to. This baby was Araceli Ley. Araceli was born 2 months early due to her biological mother being in a car accident with a severe head injury as well as being exposed to drug substances. She spent her first 23 days of life in an incubator then the rest of her first year under the care of my uncle and aunt’s, Jacob and Marisol. Doctors did not expect her to live more than a few days, but the warrior she is, she strived through. Her biological mother, Susanna Ley, was at the time, being fostered by her grandmother at the age of 16. Which is one of the reasons she wasn’t able to take care of her own daughter. Another one being when doctors investigated Araceli’s injury, they concluded it wasn’t an injury that could have come from outside the womb. Something had to purposefully come in physical contact with her head. Along with her head injury, Susanna exposed Araceli to drugs while being in her womb, making her a drug-addicted baby. All of these are reasons why Araceli Ley was taken away from her birth mother and put into Jacob and Marisol’s care.
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