Here goes nothing

All about me!

About me, the facts:
I am 27 with 3 kids. I have brown hair, blue eyes, and a slightly crooked smile. I'm (almost) a teacher. I am on my third year of classes for my Bachelor's in education. I love crafts of all kinds (which I'll probably post pictures of), video games (which I'll probably talk about a lot), and my family (which I'll be posting pictures of and talking about a lot). Most of my writing will be venting about my struggle with PTSD, low self esteem, poverty during childhood, and issues with our education system (which is actually the reason I started this blog).

About me, my past:
I am now happily married to the other half of my soul although it wasn't always that way. I had a very abusive relationship which gave me my oldest two children. My childhood was better than some, but it still left me with a pretty skewed view of the world. I dealt with a somewhat controversial issue known as spiritual abuse when I was a child. I was taught to feel as though I was less than any man, by simple definition. I am now proudly a feminist, just not one of the man-hating, bra-burning, angry kind. I'm more of the philosophy that if we want more women in STEM fields, we should encourage interest in STEM fields from the time our little girls are toddlers. You know, that sort of common sense approach to equality.

About my writing:
Some of my writing might seem a little self centered and rambling. That's because it is. This blog is for me to share my story. Everything I feel about my life so far, everything I've been through. Sometimes I'm a little wordy, other times I write like a petulant four year old. That's because I have some emotions that have been bottled up ever since I was a petulant four year old. I intend to keep those writings because they will be a part of me, a part of my journey. They will help show what I went through and how much it damaged me. I feel like I'm rising like a phoenix from the ashes, even though there are still struggles for me and my family.

So that's me! I look forward to hearing from the masses and maybe showing someone that you can make it no matter what.