I am a 26 year old full time philosophy student and stay at home mother. I have a six year old son. I am an existentialist and plan to be a lawyer. I grew up with a loving mother and artsy father. They were both very free spirited and taught me how to enjoy life to the fullest. I have been to rehab and I have been back! I have survived it all. I plan on traveling the world and enjoying life to the fullest extent. My son is a rainbow at the end of the stormiest weather. He brought faith and love into my life when everything seemed bleak. He showed me what it was to feel again and breathe again. I am the girl that walks into the room and everyone stares at. I speak volumes with my eyes and occasionally I chew you up and spit you back out. But underneath it all, I’m just a girl. Just a girl who is insecure, a girl that wears a mask. At the end of the day, I don’t know who I am or why I’m here. I do know that it’s not about the destination so much as it is about the journey there. When it’s all said and done, I do stop and take it all in. I stop to breathe, to smell the roses. Life is about rising from the trenches and reaching the top. I won’t give up. My life is mine and I own it!