True Bravery is to Look Within Even Though We Wince... True Knowledge of Oneself only comes from True Bravery

Name: Raven Shadowwinds
Place: Gaston, SC
Occupation: Photographer
Stuff: 40ish mother of two, dreamer, thinker, artist, photographer and gothic princess. Also I'm a wannabe historian, theologian, philosopher and web designer who is fond of just about anything artsy, good food, victorian and other period style clothing, candles, latte and chai.
Birthday: Same as Hitler's - that should give you something to do for a while
Other Names: Lady Raven, Raven, the raven, anything but late for dinner
Graduated: Carlisle Sr High '82
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Food: Salad with Bleu Cheese or Ranch Dressing, Chocolate, Cheese, Thai Food
Drinks: Chai Latte, CocaCola, British Style Tea
Hobbies: reading, writing, photography, theology, philosophy, crafts, drawing, anime
Bands: Love Spirals Downwards, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Enya, Metallica, Man O War, Ramones, Nox Arcana, anything darkwave or from Projekt records...hair bands and melodic Metal
Other Stuff Anything Celtic, Norse, Medieval, Gothic or Renn, and time with my family

People: Those who hide behind a mask and those who create masks for us to hide behind
Things: Gym culture, fad diets, temperatures over 85 degrees
Food: Cooked carrots

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28 September 2007

How Did this All Happen?

How did I end up where I am now in life? Did you ever wonder about how the small decisions you make work out planning your future?

When I left my hometown, or the closest thing I had to a hometown, to go into the military I had plans of being an officer. I was going to administration so I could work for the post office. Turns out that the postal designation had become a temporary assignment for no stripes, and I married an enlisted dude who had no desire to be married to an officer. I should have dumped him but didn't.

I ended up with two wonderful children and that's about it. I had to loose everything I owned and go bankrupt in order to rediscover my writing and art. I'd lost it again through small decisions. I don't have the time, don't have the money to buy supplies, can't concentrate, etc. Eventually I believed my husband who told me I didn't have talent and it wasn't worth the time and effort. But it was all a decision.

Now I live in a trailer park, I only work part time. I'm divorced, My car is broken. I have fibromyalgia, overactive bladder, and am sensitive to various foods (like High Fructose Corn Syrup, which I'm convinced is manufactured in the bowels of hell to tempt anyone who wants to be a decent weight...but I digress). I don't sleep well. My computer is fubared. So I write, alot. Often. I have notebook after notebook of the stuff.

Comments on "How Did this All Happen?"

 

Anonymous Krist said ... (11:34 PM) : 

it seems sometimes that life dosent go the away we have planned it but everything that happens makes us who we are and also we can get good things out of it even if you thought life would be different.we just have to appreciate what we have and the life we were given

 

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