My name is Sandebel as you see… my friends and family call me Sandy, sometimes its easier and lessened to be forgot… I want to write about nonsense and life things that I’ve learned and been taught…

Let me better introduce myself… I’m Half Syrian, Half Turkish… Came to America when I was a year and a half old…. My mother and father were very adamant on having us speak Arabic at home as to not forget Arabic because as my father says “we’re in America, you wont forget English” I learned loyalty and work ethic from him, My mother truly is the embodiment of everything I want and have… love, strength, patience, great advice and just being an amazing mother, homemaker and friend! I have 3 siblings My older sister whom I’ve learned all my sarcasm and quick wit from.. my older brother who taught me to think logically and fight like a dude and my younger sister (she suffers from a severe case of Angelman’s syndrome) She taught me to be humble, pure and strong..  Grew up in Burbank literally within a 10 block radius all of my life, I was raised with middle eastern traditions and Christian morals…. Always wanted to be on television or radio (not singing, lord knows I was not blessed with that talent lol) but being first generation in America that was a big no no for my family.

Mind you I have stepped out of what is to be expected of a traditional Syrian girl… Hell I even stepped out of what I would’ve ever imagined for myself. I traveled for several years (working) before meeting the man of my dreams and settling down on the opposite coast. Charlie is an amazing loving American husband … He was widowed with 3 wonderful adult children.. it was definitely challenging at first… Twin protective girls (total opposites but both so loving hearted and talented), and a prodigy of a son. Being single and free to becoming a wife/stepmother/mother and learning to cook and only bringing along my OCD cleaning skills which felt like it happened over night but it was about time right?! well with each passing day we continue to grow with each other (Thank you Jesus!) some how god lets the bad fall apart so everything wonderful can fall into place, we have a beautiful sweet daughter together whom I feel like was the missing piece of the puzzle that helped link our family’s bond and literally just take every day as it comes. I have seen things and been places that I don’t think many people could live through to tell about, things that should’ve died with the experience (but everyone has a story to tell) I unfortunately cant forget or remember a lot of them LOL  I am just so blessed, humbled and honored to be where I’m at now with a wonderful loving supportive husband, family and a lot of genuine friends and as time goes on I’ll throw in more and more.. as I continue to grow, just be patient and kind.. as I will be… 🙂