Nevaeh Lemons - Snapshot Autobiography Final Draft (1)

Autobiography

By: Nevaeh Lemons

The Time I Went To Court As a Kid

When I was little my mom and a case of Domestic Violence with
my father. She was wrongfully accused of something she didn't do.
I had to go to children's court, so that my grandparents have
custody over me. When I went to court it was a long drive and it
took forever to get everything done. Looking at my mom signing
me over is heartbreaking. They gave me colors to color with and
they gave books to keep me busy. It was not the best feeling. I
remember having fear of what they were going to do to me.

The scariest thing to remember is to see my mom walk away not
coming home. I had always cried from leaving. It changed me into
a person who can take pain or take the way I handle my life to see
that these things happen to people.

My Mother Not Coming Home I got a call one day from my mom. And I haven't

seen her for maybe a week. I didn’t want to know
where she was because I wanted to guess. I said the
most random things and then she told me that
mommy is in jail. I didn’t have a clue on what it
meant to go to jail. All I could do is cry. I cried so
much to where I felt like at that moment I lost
everything. Just growing up without a mother or
father is heartbreaking.
Most of what they had grew me to the person I am
today is to be a strong person. They had just built
me up to where I can be aggressive on and off the
court with my life. This changed me as a person I
am today from growing up without a mother and it
is a harder situation, so it changed me to be a hard
working person to get her out of jail. And to grow
independent.

Visiting My Mother

When I first went to visit her it was very bad. My
grandmother forgot the documents. So the prison
couldn’t let me in. There was this waiting room that you
have to stay in or if you need to change your shirt or
pants because of the dress code. You can’t wear jeans ,
blue shirts, orange, pink or anything police related. Once
I entered the prison they had to check me. They had told
me because of the paperwork I don’t have I have to wait
with the people that are in control of the clothing and
take care of children. My grandmother took me inside
and I couldn’t stop crying like crazy. I watched them
leave to go back to the prison. It had changed me to be
the person I am today to see that life isn’t the best. I had
to be strong to walk away from the things I loved. Today
I can walk away from things I love, its hard but I have to
do it sometimes.

My13th Birthday My birthday is May 29 , 2007. I turned 13 years old 4
months ago. It was the first birthday that was me turning
into an official teenager. For the party I just spent a day
with my family and ate a seafood boil. The Loss of
birthday wishes was great. But I was wishing for my
mom to be home for my birthday. I felt a little sad
because knowing that I was growing up without my
mother. She had called me wishing me a happy birthday
and telling me how much she loves me and how much of
an independent person that I had become from doing this
for 9 years without her and just having some family. Not
every kid can do this everyday. It's much more painful
than what people see or hear. I just need to keep my head
up. It shaped me to the person I am today by seeing that I
had family for me when I didn’t have my mother. So, I
know that I can fall back on if I ever need to go to them.
That build trust in me to trust people.

About the Author A sad life that Nevaeh Savannah Lemons has been
thrown .She was born at Torrance Memorial
Hospital. The day was May 29,2007. Nevaeh was
in serious problems with her family of her father's
past and her mother's arrest. As she got older she
finally found out the truth about what happened
that day of which she lost her father and for her
mother to leave her. She learned the secrets and
things that everyone was hiding before confronting
the truth. Nevaeh learned that her father was
abusive to her and her mother was ashamed of
what she let a man do to her. Because of
everything that happened her mother was arrested
two years after the accident that happened. It was a
misfire of the gun from her mother and father. As
she still grows up she finds out more and more
about her family and how she helps get her mother
released from something she didn’t do.