Good morning friends!
The name's Andrea, but you can call me Panda! By day, I'm a merchandiser and Farmer's Market employee, but by night I'm a video game playin', fire dancin', pseudo home cook, with a penchant for taking in animals and raising them as my own. Altogether, we have 20 animals in our little home!
My boyfriend and I have been together for over 4 years, and we are still going strong. There were times where, due to my overindulgence, I thought we may not make it out the other side, but we have, and we're still going!
The animals, my amazing man, our little house, and a drive to be something more, fuels my desire to learn. I am a student first - of life and academics. I will probably be in school during all of my golden years because I love learning. I soak up information and store it for later use and probably have more useless knowledge banked up than I can remember!
I come from a great family, but like any family we have our own problems. Ours is mental health related... Both of my parents grew up in highly abusive homes. My paternal grandfather was a violent alcoholic and my maternal grandparents weren't impartial to raising a fist either. This is an instance of epigenetics, where trauma that has happened in their lifetime caused an evolution of the mind; depression settled in and carried over into their offspring, so my siblings and I got the short end of that stick.
I'm an addict, perpetually in recovery. I have a co-occurring mood disorder which limits my ability to recognize my own thoughts. Writing has always been an outlet of mine during trying times, and this will be no different.
I find myself thinking, "How much of myself do I reveal in this intro?"; too much could be abrasive, yet I would like to share my story, in hopes that my words may reach out to someone else who has or is currently struggling. Big ups to @sykochica, @giftedgaia, and @winstonwolfe for showing me a creative outlet in which I am able to do just that.
Happy posting! See you all again soon <3
Great intro post! I'm thrilled to see your first post published, congrats! I think you're gonna love it here!
Missourians are taking over! Muuaahaha! Lol
Haha we are! I also noticed almost all of our intro posts had something akin to "animal lovers" ;p
Haha, it's important to know who the real bosses are!
Welcome Panda! Steemit is a wonderful place to be! Go surfing and meet some peeps here by commenting! It's the easiest way to get started! I look forward to your content down the road! Enjoy!
Thank you! I'm glad to finally be here! I will definitely browse around throughout the day!
Welcome new Friend !
It is great to have you here !
Here you will train your writing and thinking skills !
Try to Follow and get Followers.
Comment, Upvote.
Try to make small posts on different topics ...
I will see you around ...
=]
Good luck
Awesome advice! Thanks:)
Thanks !
=]
Welcome to steemit. You are welcome to look at my post
Welcome to Steemit! Wow so many animals, looking forward to seeing some cute pictures of them :) Very real intro, I hope Steemit will be a positive place for you to write and be creative, Hannah x
Thank you, Hannah! Looking forward to seeing you around :)
Welcome to Steem @ajnapanda I have sent you a tip
Thanks botface!
Welcome , put in efforst here and you will see great rewards fast...stay in touch
Welcome abroad! This is a great community. Your work will be appreciated by the community. Keep posting on regular basis. Accolades will come on your way. Way to go, mate
Looking forward seeing your next post.
Thank you for the advice and kind words :)
Welcome
Hope you will have a lovely time and you will earn good rewards
I am your new follower
Please follow back
Best Regards Andrei
You've come to the right place, Panda, we're glad to have you.
Vulnerability and honesty shine through on this platform.
Stick around, build a following and have fun :)
Thank you! Looking forward to it :)
Welcome!!! So glad your here!!! :-)
Aw thank you! Glad to finally be here <3
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Welcome to the community Panda, thank you for sharing :)
welcome :)
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Welcome Panda! It's really a great blogging site. You can post any type of article in it. Your content will be most impressive. Once again welcome to steemit and best luck ....
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Welcome! New missouri Steemian here too :) Looking forward to your posts!