Introduction

   To my Lord and Savior for placing me in the wonderful family I have, and the great friends that he gave me...

I love you all so much :)

   Many times, I've never really given thought to how our little planet Earth would end.
   Many times I have ignored the fact that my time here on Earth was leaving me, faster than I ever will realize. Ever since my 13th birthday... I realized that my life was passing by so fast. And I knew that in 5 years I would be an adult, and I would be able to pursue whatever I pleased to do with my life.
   Ever since that day, that 9th of May in 2005... the day that my best friends Abby, Paul, my parents, and my 4 brothers sang Happy Birthday to me, I knew that I had to make a good wish. After all I was finally a teenager...
   "Go on make a wish sweetheart!" My mom gently pushed the cake towards me, I looked thoughtfully at the candles. I thought about everything I could ever want, every single thing went through my mind... finally I thought of something. I smiled and closed my eyes, I silently made my wish and then with one big breath I blew out the candles...
   That is one birthday wish I will never forget... and one that I should never have made. I wished that the Earth would last forever and ever and always be a happy place... that was the wrong thing to think. Earth, is never a peaceful place...
   I am a strong faithful young woman, following in the path of God as best as I can...
   I am no celebrity, I am no famous woman, I am not known by anyone except my family and friends... I'm nothing special, I'm simple as can be... and where my freckles, brown eyes, and brunette hair lay... they shall be there till I die.
   My name is Jazmine, Jazmine Marie O'Neil... and this... is my story...