There are so many things that I don’t give a chance. I wonder if I do that with people as well. I’m well on the path of Emily Dickinson – not by writing poetry, but on shutting out the world, especially people. It’s coincidental because I remember wanting to be just like her when I was in 7th grade.

Like most of the American population, 7th grade was a tough year for me. I write that not because the more common issues a pre-pubescent teenager experiences. I write that because I haven’t had an ordinary life – in actuality, life has been like one long Lifetime Network film. I have experienced all major types of (physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual), neglect, incest, , and drug addicted parents, domestic violence, mental illness (my own and that of my loved ones), three miscarriages, failed engagement, unknowing mistress, is a murderer as is my ex step-father, my mother is an ex-convict

On this day..