Topic > The Best Experience of My Life - 712

While I wouldn't consider my childhood the best experience of my life, I don't consider it the worst time either. There were definitely many ups and downs experienced by me and my brothers. My mother and father had six children together. There were four boys and two girls. I grew up in a small town in Colfax, Louisiana and was raised by my parents and my paternal grandmother. My brothers and I didn't always get along, but we loved each other. My story of survival begins with the loss of my older brother. I feel like the previous period was manageable and experiences were just a part of life. I left my parents' house at the age of seventeen. I went to live with my cousin and her family, who were in the same house