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Many adults think that a lot teenagers are going to have sex or consume alcohol in every opportunity because that’s what they would do with the opportunity of being young again
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Hello, I am Kayleigh! Do you ever stop getting embarrassed to talk about yourself? *inserts ice breaker here and crosses fingers* Yeah right, I freaking wish. Anyway, I am Kayleigh and this first post is about me... so you can get to know me, my interesting life and my crazy family. Hang on tight though, you could stop reading now or get ready to enjoy this ridiculous ride! P.S. I am terrible at English and spelling so bare with me lol..... I also never have time so I’ll be adding to this post forever & ever.
I guess I could start with the basics, meh.
• I am a libra and just turned 21
• I have a daughter and currently carrying my second child.... yikessss.
• My favorite color is purple
• I love love love fall.
Ok.... now you know some facts about me, but do you really know me?
— I am nowhere near the person that I wanted to be while I was growing up, I am actually the complete opposite but I have made a promise to get there even if it is a long journey. Coming from what I’ve experienced in life, and the things that was not all rainbows and butterflies, I have made it pretty dang far. Not bashing where I am from as a person because that has shaped me into the person I have became. I am also not saying I had some shitty home life either but coming from a family full of addicts who were all once sober and sane... let’s just say it starts to mess with your head. Me? I have my head on my shoulders and it stays very high, never wiggles or stumbles but yet, I struggle and I’m definitely not a saint, or believe that I’m better than anyone.
How do I have my head on my shoulders when everyone else in my family has theirs off, on and to the side?
((Please understand that I love my family and only want the best for them and that I am not bashing just trying to let some thoughts out))
Childhood
When I reminisce into my childhood, I remember great things but also not so great things. I want to say my childhood was the best time of my life, but I am just now getting my life started, but I am very fond of my childhood and the memories that are in my heart. The memories are still so vivid when I close my eyes and picture them. My great grandmas & grandpas house used to be filled of laughter and happiness (for the most part). I can remember holidays and the happiness I felt when we were all together at Mamaw Pasty’s... if I had a time machine and could go back to any time period I would definitely choose my childhood and stop time in its tracks to enjoy it one more time. Which this was a time before the drug epidemic really hit our area and tore everyone apart.
If you didn’t know which very few of my friends do (I never really came out and shared my personal family business), my mom is/was a recovering drug addict. In which now I am not ashamed of because she’s come so far from that. This is a rough subject to talk about because I’ve always kept it private, unless your parent was a drug addict as well and we formed a bond from that. I can assure you that none of my childhood friends really knew that my mom was a drug addict, I mean I’m sure their parents talked about it but they didn’t really understand. My mom was never the “classroom parent” she could have been, but in the end that made me a stronger and a better person than most. I’m sure other kids were always wondering where she was during school functions, but I knew she was probably at home, in bed. Although, she struggled she always made sure I was dressed in name brands and definitely made sure I had anything that I wanted. Some people probably wondered how I always had the best of the best when I really didn’t come from a working family. Trust me, my mom is my rock and I’m not telling you these details because I want sympathy or anything of that sort, I turned out to be an amazing person and I want to explain why. As I grew, my mom grew with me. I may have grew taller and bigger, but she grew as a person and as a mother. She hated being an addict, and wanted a better life for us and she gave it her all and eventually had a great outcome.
Let me first say that I knew my dad, and that I have always loved my dad but he isn’t the one who shaped me into the woman I am today or raised me. My mom had lots of help with me and I’m forever thankful that she blessed me with my father, LJ who is like my second dad, and the one guy who didn’t have any other choice - my step dad, Jim. The one who saved us from a dark time; although, we all struggled together at one point. It really takes a man to step up and raise someone else’s daughter, and it wasn’t like we formed a bond from the start or that we always got along, but it’s the fact that he gave my mother and I a chance at a pretty stable life. My mom is a very hard person to get along with so sure there was hard times, but he kept a roof over our heads, fed us and made sure we were taken care of and still does til this day.
Into the gooooood stuff now... I just wanted to introduce some important characters in this time period.
I have lived in a few different places but always in the same proximity which was no more than 5 or 10 mins away from my mamaws house well except for the one time my mom moved us to South Carolina but we will discuss that later on... I’m not sure if my mom always made sure we were close to family or it was just a coincidence. My family made my childhood the absolute best, I am literally sitting here thinking back on the past and just smiling cause we had some amazing times... My Mamaw Pasty lived in Ward, WV, a very small place up Kelley’s Creek that once was truly an awesome place to live.... way before my time. Not that it wasn’t awesome growing up there because it was, surrounded by nothing but the trees and dirt road. I may sound crazy, but it was truly a magical place. I can remember as I got older I sort of dreaded going up there because there was no service, no WiFi, only a landline and as I aged so did everyone else and we kind of grew out of playing outside, and mamaws house was so small you couldn’t play inside if we did we were playing board games in the living room floor while papaw sat in his recliner and mamaw sit on the couch when not joining us.
So I guess conclude that my childhood was little bit unstable but I was very loved. Of course I loved being with great grand parents but I also enjoyed being with my grand parents! I have SOooOOo many terrific memories with them and my aunts, uncles & cousins
Adolescent life
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