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I lived with my father and step-mother from the time I was seven until I left home at age 14. My father had a good job until I was 13 and that is when he lost that job due to sleeping on the job, one of the side effects of speed (meth). My step-mom was busy having many children 5 in all, combined with my dad’s three that made for a full house.
Growing up I built a strong relationship with my older sister (2 ½ years older), we only had each other to lean on. My dad also, has a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy, which he never managed with medication, so it seemed like if he wasn’t at work he was sleeping. Dealing with all this and trying to help raise the younger kids made it hard to be a kid.
It seemed that my step-mom had a lot of ups and downs. There would be times when she would just scream and yell about who knows what and look out because something may come flying at you. Not knowing at the time that her emotional ups and downs were a side effect of the speed, I had no idea how to deal and cope with it. Most of my days were spent in my room trying to avoid any and all conflict.
My step-mom was also, a very vindictive person always trying to make sure we didn’t make her look bad, even though she was looking terrible from the drugs. She dictated what we were allowed to wear to school, not giving any thought to societies fashions and no thought to how the other children would make fun of me for the awful outfits. I look back and can only feel that this was a way for her to control me, and seem to hate her for it. I spent many days getting picked on for being the poor kid and other such nonsense.
On June 21, 2008 it was a day I will never forget, my younger sister Teresa got married, what a beautiful day. My older sister Stefani came from Arizona and I hadn’t seen her in seven years, all the rest of my sisters were there (there are 5 of us). This was the first big wedding in our family, most of us girls are married...