Hard work pays off.

I was never a very good student in fact I was a fairly bad one. It started in elementary I suppose. I had a problem with math, and no one knew how to explain in ways that I would understand. I got punished, yelled at, lectured, and I was made to sit for hours practicing flash cards of multiplication table. Which btw I still have not completely memorized 1-12, apparently the majority of ppl have memorized them. Any who, I started wanting to play hooky and say I was sick,... it worked a few times. In middle school I had made up my mind to stop talking to ppl because I was teased so much in elementary. (The teachers and kids would imply that I was dumb or at least that I was not as smart as the average grade school child)In high school I became friends with the wrong crowds because they were the only ones who wouldn't pick on me. I started skipping school and doing drugs.

Well, things changed quickly for me when I turned 17. I got kicked out and I finally starting growing up. I was always labeled the problem child so even though I started to grow up I always had a uniqueness to me that some might view as a rebel streak, I don't agree. I got my first job moved in with I girl I met in middle school, (ok so I talked to someone, but not really anyone else.)I kinda wound up in a relationship that wasn't too healthy and my sister and I both moved in with him and his mother and sister. He was an asshole I ended spending my first years salary all on him and food. (4,000$)Any who, long story short I met the man of my dreams told my boyfriend to shove it, (not literally,) learned to stick up for myself and re-enrolled in college. (I had taken a yr off previously because I kept failing)

Now I live with my wonderful boyfriend who supports and loves and respects me and never takes me for granted. We aren't rich, we live with his parents, but I guarantee you won't find more love anywhere else in the world. We each come from a different past and we understand the importance of appreciating our loved ones. And finally, I am an "A" student. Now granted I am only taking 2 classes so I can climb out of academic probation and not overwhelm myself with more classes than I can handle. But one of my classes is MATH!! The other is art, which if you did know me, you wouldn't need me to tell you I have been waiting forever to take an art class!I love all forms of art, my top fav.s are oil painting, photography, and making little nic-nacs! I take more pictures because their cheap, and I occasionally make nic-nacs, because they are the second cheapest.

So yeah,... when people say hard work pays off,... it really does. You just have to be willing to put your literal ALL into it! And lemme tell you,... IT FEELS GREAT!!!!

(This picture I took in TN as well, my friend and I were walking around town and three men were sitting playing music and it just really gave the surrounding a very sincere close feeling, you just felt like a part of the community)