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It all began on the fifteenth of October, 1992. I was born. I was born in Washington D.C. and was ten freaking pounds. I was also the third and last child born at that particular hospital and unanimously the heaviest. My mother did not take any drugs or anything and the other husbands of the other wives said "what are you complaining about?! That poor woman pushed out a ten pound baby without anything and shes not whining".
I lived in D.C. till I was three then i moved to Pittsburgh where my dad worked at a videostore called "Suncoast". He was a district manager of over 14 stores! Ranging from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiapolis and Kentucky.
It wasnt till i was six when i moved to a town called Centerville, Ohio where i started preschool. Centerville was one of the whitest towns ive ever been in. But at least the people there were a lot nicer and more than two thirds of them have heard of the Beatles and Pink Floyd and of their works, not like where i live now. But twas a nice place Centerville was. Very little crime, little corruption of youth, good schools and good people. Then change happened come my sixth grade year.
In October of 2004 my grandfather had a stroke in one of the hemispheres of his brain which ultimately left him paralyzed. Though he suffered one before making his entire left side numb and also paralyzed, this time it was more severe. He unfortunately passed later that month.
After he had passed, he had left his house to his daughter, my mom, and now we were faced with the decision of whether or not to stay or to move to what awaits us at his house in Baltimore Maryland. Or at least one of its suburban districts. It was left up to me to decide seeing as it would affect me the most so said my parents.
I considered all the factors on how many "worth while" friends i had then, how many people picked on me and whether or not i liked the school. Truth be told now that i look back i wish i never left. Back then i didnt realize how many people really cared about me and i was too blind to see that until it was too late. But i chose to move in hopes that there would be less bullying in my new school than i faced in mine. That was one of the biggest miscalculations of my life thus far.