I have heard about these blogs and never understood the hype. I read my first blog the other day, which is an entire diffrent story, and decided its a great way to stay connected. Maybe it's not just a way to stay connected, maybe it's just a way to express your feelings...like writing a journal I guess. So, I gave in. I'm going to start a blog. My mom always said she should publish a book about her life called " Welcome to Michelle's World" because the strangest most unlikely things happen to her and Im starting to feel like I am taking that path. My life so far has been anything short of norm. For those who do not know me, let me brief you on my life so far ( I will make this as short as possible).
I grew up in Washington state with my mother and step father ( Ron) and went to visit my dad, step mother ( Kim) , step brother ( Adam) and baby brother( Caden) every other weekend. Mom and dad split when I was 2 and I will never know the real reason why. Everything changed when my Dad developed a very hard drug problem and ruined his relationship with his wife (kim) and moved to Idaho where the drugs continued. In fact he will be getting his sentencing for violation of probation for drugs as I type this. While this drug problem took place my mom was a victim of domestic violence and had her back broken by her husband, which I witnessed. That's when we moved to good ol' Vegas. I was going into the 5th grade when we moved and have been here ever since. I changed schools frequently through out middle school and highschool for several reasons which include; moving, getting kicked out of a magnet program due to my absences, doing poorly with grades, ect. In high school, even though I was not interested academically, I was socially. I was a cheerleader every year except for Junior year starting 8th grade. I graduated my favorite year of school in Boulder City where I lived with my best friend, Bailey and her family. That was the year I fell in love with my first boy, Chris Brown. Growing up my mother and I did not get along at all. My mom suffers from bi-polar disorder and had no medication until recently. It was a rough living situation for me and my mother and got extremely heated at times. I moved out on my own immediately after graduation and haven't been back since. After moving out I met a guy, steven foster, who was married. I fell in love. Big mistake. I got pregnant and everything seemed rosey until I woke up. He broke up with me and married someone else 10 months later. This was nothing short of devestating. I was then 21 moving into low income apartments with my daughter. I must say though, even though the relationship aspect of Ashlynn's ( my daughter) father was shitty, I could not have gotten luckier with the Dad that he turned out to be. He helps me out tremendously in every aspect. For that I am thankful.
I now am living in the same apartments with a job that I love and a crazy two year old who has totally stolen my heart. I always knew I was going to be a young mom, but I didn't plan on being single. I must say though I am proud that I have done it thus far. I have had my fair share of melt downs....not gonna lie there were SEVERAL, but I have made it. I do know one thing for sure...I would not have made it without my longtime friends Bailey( friends since freshman year), Lacey( friends since 7th grade) , Brianna( friends since 7th grade ) , my mom, Hailey (my cousin) & Amanda ( friends since 2006). They are my back bones. I'm a mess and they all know it and love me anyways.
Anyways, now you know me. I hope I have given you enough background information to understand in the future why I do the things I do and maybe to understand Kelsie a little bit more. I'm still learning about Kelsie everyday.
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