MJ Succeeded Despite Family Problems

when i was young my mom died and my dad took over my life…

But then my dad neglected me and payed all his attention to my big brother Luke. He did everything with Luke but not me because I’m a girl he through i was useless, as you can see my dad is racist against female.  My brother did everything i dreamed of, as i waited for them every night, they didn’t come home until i was asleep. i would of sleep on the floor near the door, waiting and waiting, fighting to stay asleep.

My dad went to work early so i didn’t get to see in the morning before school, some days i would wag school and sit a the door waiting for my dad to spend some time with him. When he got home and saw me he has furious! Of course my bother had wag, but he never got in trouble he got ice-cream and Lolly’s. what i got what a sore bottom, and wiped with belts.  Sometimes i had to take days off because i was so sore, but this time i was in grade 7 and because i miss out on  to much school my friends left me because i didn’t graduate so they had to go to high school.

It was like that until i moved out at 16. i had know where to go all my family members passed away. trying to visit me there plain crashed they all died. i had know one left, a year later i wasn’t in school anymore i couldn’t afforded it. i lived in a run down house $59 a month. a job at Mc Donald.

But now im 21 im went back to school just got out of uni, I’m a designer in OLD(Brisbane) and i live in a big house worth thousands. I’m healthy and lots say beautiful. my job pays many dollars i can’t write down. and i have a great boyfriend which I’ve been  with for one year and a half.

for my dad his living on the streets no one to turn to his come to me looking for help but i had to push him away. and i was happy knowing how bad he was doing. my brothers fine, frankly i’m not mad at him because his not the one who made dad do that because i know no one wanted to get on the bad side of dad.

Thanks for reading my story.

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