When I was 8 my dad died leaving me with only my mom she became very attached to every little comfort expect for me I was always in her way but she would only listen when everything turned her down at first 
I lived in Reno NV then Silver Spring NV where my mom married a drunk and then moved to fallon NV where he abused me and her and his own son always fought with me. After 2 years of that marriage it was over. She left him finally listening to me then we moved to Sparks NV, at first it was a better life and then she turned into a nightmare she pawned all my belongings gambled the money and used my social security from my dads death to pay rent  she hardly held jobs due to her pickyness of just one co-worker then made me lie to my gram-pa for money...when i was 17 she stole from me and my grandma then left state, I'm 24 now still experiencing hard ships but I am married now and doing a lot better.