My name is mikalia brown age 33 a single mom of three beautiful children just wanted to share My story about my life hope it inspired someone. when i was a child growing up i wanted to be A nurse but little I didn't know my dream would fade away right before my eyes my mom was a Helper my dad work at a jps company but was a drinker my mom has 6 children at that time my Little sister and I was for both parents but the other for my mom she try her best to work hard while my father drink himself away we live in a old house when rain fall we get wet food was far away from my mom kitchen days me and my sister had to beg a old lady food next door I walk to school days without lunch at that time I pray to God for a better tomorrow until one day my father get pay off from his job he got a huge some of money a lady which is his friend see him drinking at a bar with the money and take it away and buy a piece of land for him so he could make a house so he did I feel so happy knowing we had a new house no rain to wet us my mom became pregnant with my brother things started to get worse my father drink day and night I walk the street as a young girl bare footed days I cry for hungry I started to pick up cotton from a tree for 20 dallor so I can eat I save and buy slippers I didn't have the love from my mom and dad they didn't even know I was in pain I went to primary school without lunch every day. sometime I run home to eat turn 🌽 meal and pork skin I cry and cry but no one to talk to until I was 15years old going high school trying so hard to achieve my goals but I guess I give up two easy I need to feel what love was so I meet this young guy he was 7years older than me I think he love me because he was the only person that show me love so I felt deeply in love with him and give him my virginity at a teenager a months later I was pregnant I drop out of school I feel so ashamed I let my self and my mom done I really wanted to help her people told me to have abortion but I didn't I keep my child I know it's hard but at that time I didn't care any more all I think about was the love I was receiving when my daughter born it was my graduation at school I went with my daughter sitting there at school Ifelt so ashame seeing my class mates knowing my would be there achieving my goals I cried and walk away with my baby in my hands, my father ask me to move out so I went to live with my baby father thats when my hold life started falling apart. his father and mother course me day and night I love him so much I didn't want to let go I try to fight my way out but he started, to beat, me day on night. I wanted to take my life my families didn't care because I make my own mistakes that's what they say, I had a big sister living in a different parish she came and visit us i Told her all am going through so she decided to help me she ask me to come and stayed with her for some times I didn't wanted to go but the pain was too much I wanted to cool my head off so i went...