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“Where does a mother end and a daughter begin”? This is what the journey through the life of Astrid is all about. A young bright girl who has had several shocking experiences growing up in her life, and her mother is at the core of all of them.Astrid growing up was well influenced by what her mother believed and did. Her mother was an artist and her influence set in with Astrid at a young age. When her mother was sent to jail for killing her boyfriend Astrid’s life would drastically change. She would be sent to a foster home where she would live life without her mother. Her first foster home had a huge impact on her. She lived in a very small cluttered trailer with a hypocritical Christian women who had negative discipline and forced her to share a small room with another teenage girl. Asterid’s foster mom was a recovering alcoholic and was e