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Youth Worker Portrait (revised)

Casey Family- Mr.Good 

The school bell rings and Miss.Lorenzo asks the class to line up. 7 year old me grabs her Dora book bag and runs to the line. Mami (Mom) came to pick me up from school and drop me off at Casey Family. I can not wait to see Mr. Good! I know we have a field trip coming up soon. It's still summer and Mami brought my bathing suit. Mr. Good said we are going to the pool and to not leave the group, we must stay with each other. Mami kisses me good-bye "Te amo mi hija, disfruta mucho" (I love you my daughter, have a lot of fun).

Mr.Good would always take us on field trips, during the fall time we went to the Mystic Aquarium. My cousin Yohanny was there too and other friends from school. We got to see the big white whale and some penguins. My favorite part was the whale, Mr.Good never left our side he always stayed with us. My mother had given me a camera that day, you know those cameras, where you press a button on the top then flash. I couldn't wait to give them to my mom, since I was not able to see them until she took it to Walgreens. Mr.Good over the summer break from school, took a group of kids to the beach. It was my first time going to the beach and I was holding on tightly to Mr.Good. The waves were pulling me and I did not want to be left alone. After awhile, I started to wander off on my own and fell into what seemed like under water hole. I was so scared I could not even call for help. I'm tiny and no one can see me, I walked a bit far into the water. Thankfully, I was able to swim away from the deep. Never again going into the deep on my own!.

I'm 10 years old, my surgery day came. My mom told me they were going to take out my "tonsils", whatever that is. All I know it's in my mother and the doctor said I could only eat ice cream and liquids after. After the surgery, I felt so much pain in my mouth, I could barely talk. Mami told me Mr.Good had called to check in to see how I was doing. I started to cry, because I missed Mr.Good. I told Mami "tell mr.good that I miss him, I want to see him". Mr.Good didn't go that day but I was very happy he called me to see how I was doing. I couldn't wait to tell him I lost 10 pounds after getting the surgery and I was happy.

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