Wichita to Vegas to Denver to Seattle…my story of innocence, bullying, divorce, gangs, drugs, family, addiction, destruction and restoration.
The point of this story is to share, to heal, to remember, to relive, restore, and never turn back from where I have come from. This 100% true and accurate to the best of my recollection. I am going to publish a page or two of my story 3–5 days per week for this year.
I do hope, pray, and give thought that this story about myself will inspire or encourage at least one person to never give up. This is far from a fairytale. All things are possible.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
At the age of 7, in the summer of 1986 I moved to Las Vegas, NV from Wichita, Kansas with my younger brother, Mom, and Dad. We moved from maybe your typical "normal" Middle America town to Sin City. I had no idea how this move was going to change me forever. My dad was a gambling addict already and Vietnam veteran. My mom a very caring mom and alcoholic.
Within the 1st couple of weeks of attending school there in 4th grade I was in my 1st fight, and had my head slammed into a tree stump and had to confront a younger bully that was bullying my little brother. We aren't in Kansas anymore. @lovesniper @traciyork
Hello @mrsic! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive - congratulations and welcome! And that's quite the story you've started to share - is it something you already have written down somewhere, or are you telling bits and pieces as you go? In either case, best of luck to you with sharing your memories - nice idea to put them here on the blockchain.
It would also be awesome if you could do an introduction post, so our community can get to know you better. For information on how to write an intro post, please check out the SELF INTRODUCTION section of the post 3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive.
Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities
Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works.
Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.
Since you're new, you may run into an RC (Resource Credits) error when trying to comment/post because you don't yet have enough Hive in your account yet. For assistance with a temporary delegation to get you started, be sure to check out the Gift Giver site.
For now, @lovesniper will follow your account and we are looking forward to seeing your intro post. Also, please mention (also known as tagging) @traciyork & @lovesniper in your intro post in order for us to be notified, so we can consider your post for OCD curation. Lastly, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server if you have any questions!