I was born in Miami, FL. and have lived here all my life. Growing up with the beach a drive away and never really seeing snow, it took me a long time to be able to appreciate how great it is to live here. As glorious as Miami might seem however, living in land and living on the beach are two different worlds.
I was born to a broken family and raised by my mother with my father seeing me once or twice a month. Life wasn't easy and I wasn't a child of luctury but my mother did what she could. As time went on my mother had more children and I am now the older brother of three siblings making a total of four kids. At the age of 16, my family and I fought to take custody of my siblings away from her due to personal reasons. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my entire life but in the end we succeeded and I am a better person now because of it.
As time went on my siblings and I grew into better people, we concurred issues from being raised in a broken home and I am proud to say that we're doing pretty good now. We ended up moving in with my aunt, who took us in regardless of what she could afford.
She was not a person of wealth but was a person with a lot of love to give. Unlike myself, my siblings didn't have a father to come and see them here and there which made matters even harder for my loving aunt and her husband. Eventually, the stress of keeping us and taking care of us was too much for my aunt and her marriage to bare and so she divorced her husband. She kept us and had her eldest daughter move in to help take care of us. I was eighteen at the time and I did what I could. I worked a full time job at the time and helped with the bills as much as I could along with my cousin, her eldest daughter.
As I grew older, it was time for me to leave the house and venture out into the great unknown to find myself and to make my life. It was a great experience that changed me literally over night. For two years, I didn't really come in contact with my family. I was working full time and trying to build some kind of base for myself. But I eventually came back into their lives and things had changed again for the better. My cousin had taken over the house and was now fully in charge of my siblings with my aunt staying with her to help out. My sister, younger than me, was now old enough to take care of herself and eleviated even more strain from the already difficult living situation.
My cousin and sister are now both very gifted people in writing, the arts, and various forms of expression. I am glad to be a Miami native, not because of what you see on TV but because I know that I came from nothing and have made a life for myself here. It wasn't easy but now that I'm here I can appreciate what this wonderful place to live has to offer. I can appreciate the night life, restaurants and entertainment that are always happening here.
In my adult life, I explore what few out there know but what everyone seeks, different ways to attain financial freedom. While most people work a job, living paycheck to paycheck, I have researched various ways to make money the smart way instead of the hard way. Throughout my blog, I talk about various things that I look into in hoping to enlighten you with some of my knowledge. I hope that you someday do the same for someone else. So with that I thank you for taking the time and reading my little rants that I go about in my everyday life.
