I come from town near Cincinnati, Ohio. Writing my thoughts out has always been important to me, so I decided to create a book of my life. Actually, it has been in the back of my mind to write a book for awhile now but I never found the time until now. I have four children and working on a Bachelor's degree in Special Education. What I like most is spending time with my children and our dogs. Yes, our dogs are considered family in my eyes. We all love them and they are spoiled. In my book, I talk about my experiences throughout life, good and bad. I am a private person and do not usually put myself out there, but writing is like a therapy to me. Instead of me going and sitting hours with a therapist and talking about things that make me feel uncomfortable, I am writing a book with thoughts and feelings that I have been carrying around all my life. I feel like therapists wouldn't help much and they charge you a lot of money to see them. By writing, I am getting it all out anyway. I wouldn't say I had the best childhood growing up but I have overcome many obstacles in my life. My beliefs are that everything happens for a reason. Who I am today, is because of what I have experienced throughout my life. You learn and grow through experiences and choices you make in life. I tend to help people who are in need but I also let people take advantage of me. Many people throughout life have asked me how I can deal with some of the things I have encountered in the past. My only reply to them was, "I don't know." Depression and anxiety got the best of me most of the time, but overall my smartness and loving personality kept me from falling so far that I wouldn't be able to get back up. My book is based off of real life experiences. My hopes are for my personal experiences to inspire others and give strength to those that may be experiencing similar things in their life. I would say, to never give up in life no matter how bad it gets. There is always treasure at the end of a rainbow if you can be strong enough to push yourself through the obstacles to find it.