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I was born
I was born February 5th, 1999 at 1:12 pm at Lower Bucks Hospital. -
My dads daughter moved in with us
I remember i was playing Frogger on my PS2 when my sister ran away from her home to ours. Her and her mother had many complications so my dad got full custody shortly after and then just like that i had another sister. It made me more of a family oriented person, made me share a room with my full sister Ashlee, and made me realize how important family is and to help them is. -
My dad got arrested
On April 23rd, 2006, my dad was arrested for beating my sister. My dad was physically and mentally abusive and my sister finally had enough, called the cops after he beat the crap out of her and he was arrested on spot and my sister ran away. This didn't really affect me at the time because i was so young, which is why i never really spoke about it. It kind of humbled me in a sense, i felt i didn't have a right to complain because it never happened to me, but i did. -
My sister got arrested
My sister was one day fed up with my dads abusive ways towards my mom ad stepped up, only causing another physical altercation between her and my dad. My sister ended up being arrested for it because she left marks on him, where as he did not leave marks on her. I guess he learned better the second time around. This taught me to not tolerate anyone's crap, i know what i deserve and i will not settle for less and will not hesitate to leave before it worsens. -
We moved in with my Aunt Wendy.
We obviously moved out after my dad and sister fought, and had nowhere to go except my aunts. I shared a room, and a bed with my mom for 8 months. I was never aloud to have sleepovers with my friends, or go to the ice skating rink on Friday nights. My mom didn't have the time or money. This taught me some responsibility. I had to make food for myself, i have to come up with money myself, entertain myself. i was responsible for myself for awhile. It taught me independence. -
My mom got her own place
My mom ended up saving enough and got her own apartment. I got my own room again, things were looking up. This made me realize things don't stay bad forever. Things will get better and your put through everything for a reason. I was out of the abusive household and felt like it was a fresh start. -
I got my heart broken for the first time.
When i was in eighth grade i was dating this boy Jon, we started out friends and then we clicked. We dated for three years. In the end he started being weird and it was because i later found out he was cheating on me, and broke up with me for her. I was devastated for sure. I stayed home from school for a few days just crying, embarassed. This taught me not to trust everyone People are fake, people have bad intentions, and not everyone realizes your worth. -
My mom got a boyfriend
My mom got a boyfriend and i hate him. Hes a loser, alcoholic, who doesn't know when to shut his mouth. She's crazy about him, gets super defensive about him. He's just like my dad so it's just a repeating cycle waiting to happen. This taught me to deal with my problems with people in a mature manner. Not everything opinion i have needs to be voiced, and it taught me you can't change bad habits which my moms is depending and becoming crazy over bad men. -
I stood up to my father
My dad lied to me about having cancer to try to win me back into his life. It worked for about 6 months before i caught on to more of his games. He lives the life of a lie, with a girlfriend who didn't even know i existed, nor his problems with abuse and child abuse. He expected me to be fine keeping up with this lie and i didn't, which is why i haven't talked to him since thanksgiving. This taught me that family doesn't always measure how much you can trust someone, and people never change. -
I lost all my friends.
This year i pretty much lost all my friends. Everyone warned me this would happen, high school friends never last. I wasn't even that upset about it because i already realized they're not my real friends. They weren't there for me like anyone else, they just wanted to party and use me as a taxi to get to them. I was the only friend with a license at first in that group. It also taught me you don't always have to be part of a big group, probably less drama staying out of them.