After Both Parents Die, College Student Steps Up To Raise Her 5 Younger Siblings

In 2013, Lisa Smith — a wife and mother of six — died from cervical cancer. Her grieving husband, Alexander, was left to take care of their kids as a single father.

But just three years later, Alexander passed away after his own battle with lymphoma.

Destiny was just one-year-old when she lost both of her parents. Bella, Michael, Brenda, and Milagros were the middle children. And Samantha, the eldest of the Rodriguez brood, was 17 at the time.

Samantha’s little brothers and sisters were on the brink of having to enter Florida’s foster care system. This meant they were also at risk of separated from one another, despite their unbreakable bond, and shuffled around from one temporary home to another.

When it came to her siblings, Samantha always had that indescribable motherly instinct. After all, she grew up watching her mom take care of everyone around her. “I learned so much from my mom,” Samantha told CNN. “I was like her sidekick. I learned what it meant to raise a family.”

And so, Samantha made the incredible decision to step up and raise her five siblings by herself.

“They’re vulnerable and they need an adult, so I became their adult.”

But money was tight. Samantha needed to pay the bills, so she started working as a waitress while going to college part-time. She needed to make sure the kids were clothed, fed, and taken to school and back.

Oh, and she didn’t even have a car…

Watch the video below to meet this amazing family and see how Samantha has so gracefully transitioned from a big sister to a parent.

Source : https://www.littlethings.com/college-student-5-siblings/

Selena Gomez – Rare (Live From The Village Studio)

Selena Gomez – Rare (Live From The Village Studio)
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LYRICS

Baby
You’ve been so distant from me lately
And lately
Don’t even wanna call you baby

Saw us getting older
Burning toast in the toaster
My ambitions were too high

Waiting up for you upstairs
Why you act like I’m not there?
Baby right now it feels like-
It feels like

You don’t care
Why don’t you recognize I’m so rare?
Always there
You don’t do the same for me,
That’s not fair
I don’t have it all
I’m not claiming to
But I know that I’m special, yeah
And I’ll bet there’s somebody else out there
To tell me I’m rare
To make me feel rare

Baby
Don’t make me count up all the reasons to stay with you
No reason
Why you and I are not succeeding
Uh uh

Saw us getting older
Burning toast in the toaster
My ambitions were too high

Waiting up for you upstairs
Why you act like I’m not there?
Baby right now it feels like-
It feels like

You don’t care
Why don’t you recognize I’m so rare?
Always there
You don’t do the same for me that’s not fair
I don’t have it all
I’m not claiming to
But I know that I’m special, yeah
And I’ll bet there’s somebody else out there
To tell me I’m rare
To make me feel rare

I’m not gonna beg for you
I’m not gonna let you make me cry
Make me cry

Not getting enough from you
Didn’t you know I’m hard to find?
(Hard to find)

Saw us getting older
Burning toast in the toaster
My ambitions were too high-

Waiting up for you upstairs
Why you act like I’m not there?
Baby right now it feels like,
It feels like

You don’t care
Why don’t you recognize I’m so rare?
Always there
You don’t do the same for me
That’s not fair
I don’t have it all
I’m not claiming to
But I know that I’m special, yeah
And I’ll bet there’s somebody else out there
To tell me I’m rare
To make me feel rare

Music video by Selena Gomez performing Rare (Live From The Village Studio). © 2020 Interscope Records

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