Homegrown

Chapter 1

Hi! My name is Mara Abraham. I was born in a small town in Oklahoma and was a very suicidal child when I was younger. I was mostly suicidal because my mother and fathers lives usually depended upon drugs, alcohol, and staying out really late at night which made my grandmother worried because of their behavior and she was worried because I had to stay with her the nights that my mother and father were out drinking, partying and doing drugs. Late at night my grandmother and I would have long conversations about this and that but our most talked about concept was when I would bring up the fact that my mother and father were lunatics and were absolutely crazy. We would talk for hours sometimes from sunset to sunrise. My grandfather was also a very caring person he had still worked in the mines so he was very hardworking so when he'd get home he'd make us cornbread, stew and sometimes even a big cake for all of us. Grandfather had the best jokes and always knew how to put a smile on somebody's face. I got used to staying over there because my mother and father divorced and went their separate ways but didn't even think about taking their children with them. Which I didn't really care because my Parents were absolutely terrifying, with their needles and other things. I had an older sister, Amanda , a Younger sister, Annie, and a younger brother too, his name was Zachary. Amanda, Annie, and Zachary were really caring and super awesome! Amanda was super caring and watched over us like little cookies on a pan that nobody was allowed to touch. Which was really funny because she was a great musician and singer too. At church on Sunday's Amanda would sing for the church choir group and she was really good! Annie, my younger sister, is a very talented young lady today too! She is now currently working in New York as a fashion designer for a Country themed wedding that is supposed to be a VERY big deal! Annie always had very high hopes in everything and if she said she would do something she did it and she finished it! Now, Zachary is hard to explain. He was always very...Adventurous. When we were younger Zachary always went outside into the garden and picked all the ripe veggies and fruits, then he would always help Grandfather with the big barn that covered half the land because we had so much livestock. Heck! I'd be lying if I told you that Zachary's favorite part about the farm wasn't the livestock!