My Life Story

Birth-3 Years Old

Before I was born, my mother tried to conceive me for about 5 years. Nothing ever happened until the year of 1999. Before she found out that she was 3 months pregnant with me, she would drink heavily. She went to the hospital and the doctor told her how far along she was and that he thought he saw water on  the brain. Once I was born, I was happy and healthy, no water on my brain. But during birth, my cord got wrapped around my neck and I almost died. 

The doctors had to do an emergency c-section. My mom was happy once she got to hold me. My parents were so happy together, until my dad's drinking got out of control. My parents would fight all the time. When I was 2, my dad was at work, and there was a bar right down the street. My mom already had a 12 pack of beer, which at the time did nothing to her. 

She drove down to the bar, leaving me at home. I was taking a nap at the time. She was just leaving the bar, when a police officer asked her to step out of the car. She was still in the parking lot, so she said she would just pull out of the parking spot facing the bar wall, and instead, she ran into the wall, freaked out, then sped home. She arrived home, pulled into the garage, got a bucket of water to wash off the scratches, when the police officer came to the house. 

The officer got out of his car and asked her what she was doing. She replied that she was just washing her car. He could smell the alcohol on her, so he had her do the tests. She couldn't do any of them and said she needed to go into the house and check on me. The officer arrested her for DUII, hit and run, and child neglect. She spent a month in jail and got out on parole. When I was 3, my parents got a divorce. They were unhappy. They argued constantly. They now had a loveless marriage.