Born in Germany... I was raised in foster care since I was 2 and my imagination helped me cope with the world I lived in! At 18, I left Germany to move to the US with my then 8-month old baby (he's an adult now) to embark on a new adventure. I got married and became the perfect housewife - perhaps a little too perfect. And even though I couldn't shake the shadows of my past, I enrolled in college to earn a degree in graphics design but found myself dropping out and homeless with then 2 little boys. Life spiraled into the ...
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Born in Germany... I was raised in foster care since I was 2 and my imagination helped me cope with the world I lived in! At 18, I left Germany to move to the US with my then 8-month old baby (he's an adult now) to embark on a new adventure. I got married and became the perfect housewife - perhaps a little too perfect. And even though I couldn't shake the shadows of my past, I enrolled in college to earn a degree in graphics design but found myself dropping out and homeless with then 2 little boys. Life spiraled into the opposite direction of where I wanted it to go - but I always believed, where there's a will, there's a way. After baby #3, I realized that I was doing my kids, my then husband and my myself a huge disservice and started to embrace my inner rebel one small change at a time. Until my youngest was diagnosed with a potentially fatal rare genetic disorder. Life as I knew it ceased to exist and I made some radical changes in my life. And I got crystal clear with myself about who I was, what I wanted and what it would mean to make it happen and now every single day I get to do whatever I want to do. But not until I recognized and healed the betrayal not only from people who were supposed to care for me, but ultimately from myself.
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