Houston Stray

Introduction

     Heyo, so in order to actually understand why this journey is amazing and why I want to tell it. You need to understand my back story which is very long but I can try to keep it short. Try I said.
     So I was raised by my mother and grandmother most of my life. My mom kicked my dad out when I was 5. But she always told me that he didn't want me anymore so I didn't care for him at the time. My mother absolutely hated me, she would find any excuse to hit me or start a fight with me so she had a reason to hit me. Her and my grandma would fight every night. My grandma worked while my mom "took care of me" which was her way of saying sit me in front of a tv until my grandma could watch me. She would watch tv or be on Facebook all day and just yell at me. She would remind me everyday that no one could help me and that she was doing nothing wrong. If I even slightly acted like I hated her I would get beat so I'm a great actor. One night she tried to kill my grandma but the cops were called. They needed to take me but my grandma said no so they offered to change the charges. Since then I knew the police wouldn't help me, so I never even tried. Especially since I was on my moms radar 24/7. In the first grade I accidentally told my teachers about my mom and they called her. My mom made sure that never happened again, nobody seemed to care to investigate so I gave up on help. I got treated like a rag doll in the 2nd grade for being gay. Yes yes I know cliche, but it didn't feel great either so yes I needed to say it. Then in the 3rd grade my mother tried to kill me, how did I survive as a tiny barely 4 foot tall kid that weighed 40 pounds against a 5'5 woman at over 130 you may ask? Well she grabbed me by my jaw under the cross we had and was about to do something while just staring into my eyes growling. After looking up at the cross I guess the grace of god saved me that day.
     Since then I trained myself to fight and almost gave up on life. Nearly died a second time by my own hands but I knew people needed me. I just haven't met them yet so I stopped. I was pulled out of school after 4th grade and didn't go back until I was free. I was "homeschooled" but skipped the education and it was uncredited. I wasnt allowed to go outside alone ever. Only with my grandma to the store every weekend for a few hours. I didn't know anything about life, love, family, only what I seen on TV and wished for. I started going to church when I was late 12 and learned how to play guitar. I got out a bit more but, people didn't pay me much mind at all. I wasn't allowed to hang out with people my age until I was 14 and the church said you have to. I was never allowed with them outside of church. When I was 14 I was finally able to leave Houston for church camp which was exciting.
     I went for two years, but this was in 2018. 2019...the year that changed my life forever. I was dating this girl named Sarah, my mother hated her. One night she caught us having a uh..steamy text chat and that's when I came out. She said I was disrespecting the lgbt by coming out, because I was apparently just trying to get out of trouble. No, I figured she needed a reason on why I was steamy texting someone I called my girlfriend while I'm a girl so. After that she said I needed a man in my life to show me how great men are. Even though she hated him and she just wanted his military check. One morning I woke up in February of 2019 and he was there. I had nothing to say to him and walked away, he acted like my life was just fine all these years. He never hired a PI or anything, I wanted nothing to do with him. As we got closer though and he seen how much I suffered and begged for help, but granny refused. He knew he had to get me out.
     Summer of 2019, my dad called CPS and tricked my mom into having her give me to him. He said we were going shopping. We have been planning my escape with Sarah and she helped us come up with a plan. The plan changed though, but I couldnt see his messages so I was surprised. My grandma had to come and when my dad told her, oh boy was she a crying mess. She was terrified of my mom and she knew she was going to jail. Between all the years of giving her pills, her drinking alcohol everynight, letting my mom hit me and grab places she shouldnt have. My grandma was crying and begging my dad to take us back. He got pissed and so was I. I thought she was my only friend, but then I learned. I was completely alone my whole life. After that I went to Magnolia High School and made some pretty bad decisions. I met really good people like Angie, my new and amazing girlfriend. We've been together almost 6 months now, and she cheers me on, and helps me as I become better at music. My mom tried stalking me and my dad dated a woman for a while. She tried to kill herself while we traveled 2 hours from home. So after that hospital stuff and everything my dad said nope. A few months ago I moved to Lubbock. Now I go to Monterey High School, I'm in 10th grade, and I'm building my studio. This is Houston Stray, and this is my journey to music. I hope y'all enjoy, it'll be adventurous for sure.