Amber

I'm the oldest of six kids, I grew up in New Philadelphia, Ohio until at 14-years-old and pregnant my mom decided that my sister (that's only a year younger) and I needed to run away because she couldn't control us. We both had several charges in juvenile court for underage consumption and unruliness from missing school. We left for Tennessee with my 18-year-old boyfriend of 3 months and his sister in early November 1995. It was the best thing that could have happened to me.

I have had many experiences in my lifetime that color my writing. I'm an empath, and feeling what spirits and people feel is sometimes over whelming. I am an open minded, non judgmental, woman that loves people with a childlike trust at times, yet never trusts any one. I think we all need more love, laughter, and hope. I think happiness is the meaning of life. I realize we create our own misery. I love walking barefoot in the summer, hanging out with my chickens, and being a stripper. I love spring, summer, swimming, hiking, camping, camp fires, really anything outdoors when it's warm, and being around family and old friends. I believe one day we'll see a new world unlike the one we have now, but I'm not sure it'll be this lifetime. I have heard that people that didn't get much love from the people that raised them have a lot of animals, well I have 16 chickens, 6 outside cats, 2 dogs, and 1 love bird in her avocado tree lol. (I've been told I've got too many animals, but they're all taken care of so why are they judging me?) I'll never cease to amaze, my life is anything but boring. I have been addicted to drugs, and alcohol, and I made it out, but that's not to say I haven't fell along the way. I have a warriors heart, and it shows when I'm fighting for what I believe in.