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My Life Short Story

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I always wondered, what my life would had been like growing up with my mom, dad and rest siblings. But as I grew older, I thank god for the life I had lived and for making me into a very independent,strong, beautiful young lady. My life story begins at the tender age of eight(8), but before I continue let me make some indroductions. My mothers name is Marcia Bailey, Alfanzo Cruickshank is my fathers name. On my mothers side I have seven (7) brothers making me the only girl, my father has a boy and girl before he hook up with my mom. My fathers mother name was Beatrice Cruickshank, his stepfather was called Donnely DeFreitas. Now my grandma had two(2) boys, my dad and my uncle(David) who had one son (Brent). At the early age of 2 months old, I went and lived with my grandparents. I was …show more content…

5He hug me and said* it was God who had sent you to sleep up tonight, if it wasn't for you I would have burnt alive in that house tonight*. 6we got help to rebuild from the government. But from that night there wasn't anymore frighting, but in between there was drinking and cursing. My nightmare begins at the age of eight(8) as I stated earlier, growing up I had learn to completely block out everything while I sleep so if an earthquake pass I never used to feel it, if someone touch or try waking me I never felt. 7On this occasion I went to sleep the night perfect no pain at all, when I woke in the morning I felt my lower body in pain then I notice blood was on my underwear, at first I thought it was period because like a week before my neighbor had ask if I started to see my period as yet, she had explain to me what I must look out for. 8So as I was feeling some the symptoms I really didn't take it for nothing, I didn't even mention it to my grandma. As I sit and

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