I wish I could say that a biography of my life was filled with love and happiness. I wish I could say that I grew up in middle class suburbia with two loving parents, but I can’t. The reality of my bio is that life for me was hard. I wasn’t a cheerleader in high school, at 16 I didn’t get a new car, and after high school the excitement of going off to school in an unknown city was not an option. I grew up in a “working poor environment”. My parents had very little to give me, and what I did get was usually from charity and church organizations. I was that child that had the little Christmas tree at the 7-11 so she could get presents for Christmas. I lived in neighborhoods where the sounds of shots fired from a gun filled my ears and drug addicts breaking into your house was as common as a squirrel in your backyard. I learned very young that life is not perfect; you live the life you are dealt, and try to make the best of it.
If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would end up a model, I would have laughed. The odds of me working a retail job with a 10th grade education and a child were higher. Everything I have today, I have worked so very hard for. My home, my computer, my car, my education and my modeling are things that have taken years of hard work to achieve and accomplish. Everyday I am so very thankful that I am not a drug addict, dead on the street, or a product of my environment.
I will never wish for a differnt life. If I had a different life, I honestly don’t believe that I would appreciate life and the minimal things that I have as much as I do today. In a world of darkness, I have seen the positive and acelled towards greatness. I embrace life to teh fullest and will never afraid of what life me bring to my doorstep tomorrow. |
