This is Erica

I am 29 years old. I’ve known my best friend since we were 12 and I married him when were 18. I also have more than one person I consider my best friend and some of them are actually family. My husband is just my first best friend. J I have two children that I am extremely overprotective of and I just can’t seem to get over it and I am not sure I want to. My daughter is my oldest and she is 13. Whether or not she wants to hear it she is actually a lot like I was at that age and she also happens to look just like me too…not sure if that is a blessing or a curse. My son is 9 years old and he looks and acts just like his dad which I, myself, happen to love. My life basically revolves around them right now and no matter what happens even when my world isn’t all about them anymore I will still drop everything to hear what they have to say when they need someone to talk to. I fully realize that the person they talk to will one day no longer be me and that one is a little harder to accept but it is life and my children are their own people. I have been in school for the most part of the last 25 years and I consider myself a lifelong learner. I find it hard to believe with all the information we have at our fingertips in this age that so many people choose to remain so blissfully ignorant. I want to learn.  I want to work with animals more than anything and I love dogs with a passion. Sadly, my current situation prevents me from having a dog of my own but I am optimistic that will change soon. I have never fully explained or even understood my own personality. I know that I am quiet before I get to know someone mostly because I am sizing you up but once you are my friend I am loyal to fault. I am sarcastic pretty much all the time because being serious is draining. When I am serious it is because I am worried about something and worrying never accomplishes anything because in the end either you can control the situation or you can’t.  Sometimes, I have a hard time admitting when I am wrong and there have been times I have gone years without speaking to people because I failed to see the fault in my own ways because I am just stubborn. I love my family and my friends more than they will ever know. I only want the best for them and even when I forget to say it I want them to know that they are always on my mind. I think the biggest thing about me and my life is that I am a Christian. Some people just don’t understand how big of a thing that is for me. I spent so long at the bottom and never being able to look ahead and see the light at the end of the tunnel everyone said was there that my acceptance of Jesus Christ surprised me. When I did accept Him everything became so clear all of the sudden and my heart just opened to all the possibilities I had never thought were there before. Sometimes, even now, I have a hard time but I have learned how easy it is to find my way back. Being a Christian doesn’t mean I am perfect and it doesn’t mean I have to. It means that Jesus is there to pick me up when I mess up and I mess up often. Reading the Bible is something I enjoy doing now and it is something I understand like I never did before. I love Jesus and I don’t care who knows it. So, this is me. This is Erica

-I am fully aware that I may have missed some punctuation in this. Honestly, I don't care so if it bothers you then don't read it. I don't write for anyone but myself anyway.