First and formost, I'm werid, no getting around it. Other labels would be freak, odd, different. Personally I love the term Eclectic. Never really belonging anywhere, but having a piece of everything that defines me. I'm 20 years old and I live in Indianapolis for the moment. I'm orginally from Nevada, I'm third generation Nevadan on my mothers side and I'm proud of that. I moved when I was sixteen to Gary, IN so my dad could attend Bible College, and moved to Indy to attend college myself. During High school I went to Faith Baptist Academy, a small Christian private school in Silver Springs, NV for my freshman and half my sophmore year. The other half of my sophmore year, and all of my junoir year I was homeschooled. Not fun at all. My senior year I went to Calumet High School in Gary, IN and graduated in the top of my class. I took a year off school, did some traveling and figuring out what I needed to do. I'm now attending Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis as a Fine Arts Major. I'm hoping to start an apprenticship with this degree and maybe get my bachelor's a bit later. I have depression, but I've learned that I can beat this chemical imbalance. I just have to work a little harder than most people at being happy. I have an amazing boyfriend by the name of Mark Dimpfl and I love him to pieces. I sing and songwrite in my spare time, play guitar and piano. I love my family and friends and would pretty much do anything for them. I'm a Christian and in the word's of Chy "Altho I don't always act like it" I'm probably one of the worst Christians there is. I love the city and the country. No matter where I am, its awesome. One thing I am an advocate for and promoting is Self Injury Awareness. I'm a recovering self injurer. And I'm not talking about the emo fad teenagers are into, where they cut themselves and show it off to everyone. No, my self Injury as well as many other people's was a secret, and silent pain. A coping mechanism for me, a way of dealing with stress, and I hurt myself, and hid it from everyone for a long time. I now have friends who know, help, and support me, so I don't have to turn to a knife, razor, lighter or straight pin. And I want people to be aware of this because it really is a problem. Yea alot of kids do it for attention, but there are people out there who will not tell, and never will. Like I said, a secret. And I want to help other people stop self injuring, and fight for themselves just as I fight every day. Because no one can or should do this alone. March 1st is National Self Harm/Injury Awareness Day, and the Entire month of March is Self Harm/Injury Awareness Month.
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