HI MR.OVIE MY NAME IS ESSENCE AND IM 11 YEARS OLD IM THANKFUL MY FAMILY SEE IM MOTHER IS 44 YEARS OLD AND ALL MY LIFE I SEEN HER TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE KIDS NOT AS A JOB BUT BECAUSE SHE LOVE KIDS XMAS SHE OVER BUYS TOYS AND GAVE THEM OUT TO KIDS SHE SEES AND CLOTHES AND FOOD TOO.SEE THERE ARE NINE OF US HERE MOM AND DAD ADOPTED 4 KIDS FROM THREE FAMILYS AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO FIVE OF US.SEE IN 2005 THE DOCTOR SAID SHE HAVE SARCOIDOSIS AND SOME TIMES SHE CAN'T WALK OR SEE SHE IN THE HOUSE SOMETIMES A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE HER LEGS HURT AND MOM NEVER SAY SHE HAVE THIS ILLNESS SHE SAYS GOD DIDN'T SAY SHE HAD THIS ILLNESS SO SHE KEEP MOVING NOW MY PRETTY SISTER CANDICE SHE THE OLDEST SHE SAYS CANDICE IS STRONG WILL SHE WAS IN LABOR 37 HOUR WITH HER .BUT WHEN CANDICE HEARD MOM WAS ILL SHE MOVE HOME IN 2005 TO HELP HER OUT NOW THAT MOM ALOT BETTER CANDICE IS STILL HOME SHE LIKE A MOM TO US BECAUSE DAD HAVE TO WORK EVERY DAY MOM CAN'T WORK SO CANDICE LEFT SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY MOVE HOME TO PA NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT HER SCHOOL OR OWN LIFE FOR US AND MOM IS STILL DOING THE SAME THINGS COOKING FOR EVERYONE PARTY EVENTS AND WATCHING KIDS SO MOM CAN HAVE A BREAK AND SHE ASK FOR NO MONEY SHE SAYS THEY NEED THE MONEY FOR THE KIDS BUT SHE NOT A PUSH OVER NOT AT ALL AND AT NIGHT I HEAR HER PRAYS AND THEY ARE NOT FOR HER BUT FOR KIDS SHE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND NOT HUNGRY SO MR OVIE IM THANKFUL FOR MY SISTER CANDICE AND MY DAD FOR EVERY THING AND MY MOM FOR HER LOVE FOR EVERYONE AND THE MOST OF ALL IM THANKFUL TO GOD BECAUSE HE PUT LOVE IN MY FAMILY HEART AND LOVE GOES A LONG WAY MOM MAKES SURE OF THAT. AGAIN YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL ESSENCE