My story

My name is Athena and this is my story. I am the oldest of three kids. I am the only girl. I have taken cheer and multiple dance classes when I was younger. I have been singing with choirs since preschool. I started singing with the local church and in third grade I began to sing with my school choir. The only year I did not sing with a choir was in 6th grade. I have had a passion for "flag twirling" since 5th grade and I started doing it my freshman year in highschool. I want to grow up to be a cook, cosmotologist, teacher, and more. My life has always revolved around my little brothers. One is 13 and the other 10. When I was 4 my parents got a divorce and it was finalized two days before my birthday. My parents were only seperated for 6 months though. While apart my dad was with this girl and got her pregnant so my youngest brother is only a half brother. We have gone through a series of battles for many things. My 13 year old brother has Autism among many other things so we have constant battles to get him what he needs. When I was in third grade we moved two hours away to be closer to my half brother. We have tried on mutiple accounts to get his mother for child neglect. He is the only child of hers where she didn't have a miscarrige. He had eight abscess teeth, he had clothes that were way to small, shoes that were way to small, he was on a bottle until around three years old and to this day has a blankie. He did not know how to brush his teeth, read, write, talk properly, get dressed, he didn't know his ABC's and could not count past 10 until I taught him. His mother only put him in school because the judge had to force her to. He had an emergency surgery because we kept him from his mom so he wouldn't die. For a long time he slept on an air matress while his mother slept on a nice bed. To this day him and his mom live with his grandparents in a three bed room house across the street from his uncle. It is what seems like a never ending battle between my family and every place that seems to not want to help us. I was diagnosed with Dyslexia in the begining of this year and have been bullied since I started school until my freshman year in highschool. I can say that my brothers have made me the person I am today. My parents started a family at a very young age but they have been together for 17 years. This is crazy but this obviously shows how little this is of my story and more of my families story. I am not self centered, I am shy, I am very self concious. I would out myself in harms way to save someone else. I have saved very many people from commiting suicide and got them help. Most of my friends are people I have saved. If someone messes with me, my family, or my friends, I will open a can of whoop ass. I did take some Krav Maga classes and anybody else who has taken them knows how serious it can be. I grew up fishing, hunting, and shooting. To this day I have better aim then my dad who has been hunting since he was able to. I can truly say that I am one of the least self centered people you will ever meet. I have been writing poetry and short stories since around the third grade. My mother and many other family members are also writers and have had their poetry published.