Love,
Debbie
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ALAMANCE COUNTY. I HAD A GOOD CHILDHOOD. I WAS BROUGHT UP IN CHURCH. I HAD A LOVING MOTHER AND FATHER. I NEVER HEARD THOSE TWO EVEN ARGUE. THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS AS WELL AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. IT WAS A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN. I THANK GOD FOR IT. THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO RAISE US CHILDREN RIGHT. I HAVE THREE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. WE ARE A CLOSE FAMILY. WE ARE A LOVING FAMILY. WE ARE VERY RICH IN LOVE, AND IN HEALTH. GOD HAS REALLY BEEN GOOD TO OUR FAMILY. THROUGH 5 CHILDREN AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NONE OF US HAS ANYTHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH OUR HEALTH. WE HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED. I LOST MY DAD 2 YEARS AGO, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE 10 SOMETIMES. I MISS HIM SO MUCH, BUT WHEN I START TO MISS HIM SO BAD IT HURTS, GOD IS MY COMFORTER. I'M REMINDED THAT HE IS IN NO MORE PAIN, NO LONGER NEEDING AN OXYGEN TANK TO BREATHE. AND THE BEST PART IS THAT I WILL SEE HIM AGAIN. THANK YOU, LORD.
I GOT MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 15. MAMA AND DADDY TRIED TO TELL ME THAT I SHOULDN�T GET MARRIED, BUT I WAS IN LOVE. I WAS ALSO PREGNANT. I HAD 3 BEAUTIFUL KIDS. I HAD A GOOD MARRIAGE. I WAS IN CHURCH EVERY TIME THE CHURCH DOORS WERE OPEN. MY HUSBAND DIDN'T GO WITH ME. HE DRANK ONCE IN AWILE AND SMOKED POT REGURALLY. FOR YEARS I NEVER KNEW HE SMOKED POT. HE KEPT IT FROM ME BECAUSE HE KNEW I WOULDN'T LIKE IT. HIS BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER AND THEY WOULD SIT OUT IN THE CAR AND �TALK� AND I WOULD THINK THAT WAS SO STUPID. BUT THAT WAS HOW NAIVE I WAS. AFTER I LEFT HIM I FIGURED IT OUT. I KNEW MONEY WAS GONE BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHY. AFTER 10 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, I STARTED WANTING TO SEE THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE. I WENT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I FELL OUT OF CHURCH. I EVEN RAN AROUND ON MY HUSBAND FOR AWHILE. THEN I FINALLY LEFT HIM. I STAYED IN GREENSBORO AWHILE, AND THEN MY DAD AND MOM WANTED ME TO MOVE BACK HERE SO I DID. MY HUSBAND EVEN TOOK MY KIDS AND LEFT TOWN. I FOUND HIM AND HE BROUGHT THEM BACK, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T MAKE ME GO BACK TO HIM. HE WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE SO I MOVED BACK TO GREENSBORO. I WENT TO WORK AT A 24-HOUR RESTAURANT. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING GOOD. I MET NEW PEOPLE, MY REGULAR CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE I WORKED ALL THE TIME. THEY WOULD TELL ME TO STOP ON BY THE BAR SOMETIME. FINALLY BEFORE I WOULD GO TO WORK AT NIGHT I WOULD STOP BY. I MET MORE PEOPLE. THEY WOULD BUY ME A DRINK, AND INSTEAD OF SAYING I DON'T DRINK, I'D ACT LIKE I WAS. I STARTED TO DRINK A LITTLE MORE AND THEN A LOT MORE. I STARTED GOING TO WORK HALF DRUNK OR NOT AT ALL. I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING FUN. THEN I DECIDED TO START WORKING AT THE BAR. THAT WAS IN 1989.
I MISSED MY ONLY BROTHER�S WEDDING, AND THE BIRTH OF HIS ONLY CHILD. I MISSED BIRTHDAY DINNERS, THANKSGIVING, EVEN A CHRISTMAS I THINK. I EVEN SHOWED UP AT MY AUNT�S FUNERAL DRUNK. MY DAD WAS A PREACHER. MY FAMILY HAD NEVER SEEN ME LIKE THAT. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE EMBARRASMENT I PUT ON MY FAMILY. I WAS ONLY THINKING OF HOW I FELT.
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