Kungekudala umculi uJasmine uza kuphinda abe ngumama. Umculi usenabantwana ababini - unyana oneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala, uMikhail kunye nentombi engu-3 ubudala, uMargarita. Kubonakala ngathi uJasmine uyazi konke malunga nokukhulelwa, kodwa ukukhulelwa kwesithathu kwaba yinto efumanekayo kuye.
Inkwenkwezi yamkelwa kwingxoxo kunye nabapheli-ndaba ukuba wayezibonela ngoku le nkcazo zonke iingxaki ezijamelene nabasetyhini abakhulelweyo. Ngaphambili, uJasmine wayekholelwa ukuba i-toxicosis, imichimo yokutya engaqhelekanga-ayikho ngaphezu kweengcambu zowesifazane. Kwaye wakhulelwa okwesithathu, umculi waqaphela ukuba oku akusiyo yonke into eqanjiweyo.
Sekudlulileyo kwiintsuku zokuqala zikaJasmine beziva bexakekile, bebuthathaka, iintloko. Ngenxa yoko, le ntokazi yacaphuka, ngoko yafika ekhaya. Umculi uye wasebenzisa i-yoga kunye nezemidlalo, kodwa oogqirha baye banqabela nayiphi na imithwalo.
UJasmine ngokwakhe uyamangalisa ngokutya kwakhe. Ukuba ngaphambili kwimenyu yakhe yayiquka intlanzi kunye nenkukhu, ngoku eyokuqala yayiyindawo yokutya, eyayiyi-Jasmine inesitroletile yondlo:
... imini nobusuku bephupha i-sauerkraut, adjika, ukhukhamba kunye neetatayi. Kwaye wayidla ngendlela engavamile kakhulu: Ekuqaleni wafuna ikhukhamba, waqonda ukuba simele simthinte ngokukhawuleza nge-candy candy, emva koko sauerkraut.