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The Beginning

My name is Crystal, I was born January 1st, 1997. First childhood memories are always something that we would like to remember and cherish when we get older. During the first three years of my life I was abandoned by both my parents. They brought me to a place where a woman named Robayn took care of me. She was Nicole’s dads sister, Laurie's best friend. Laurie and Matt left me with her from the day I was born till I was three so they could work on their relationship. Robayn became my mother, she took me in, fed me, bathed me, clothed me, and raised me. She was there every step of the way that my own biological mother wasn’t there for. I don’t remember a lot of it. I was very shy growing up, I did as I was told and tried to stay out of trouble. My very first memory is coloring in a notebook on her old couch. I remember going upstairs and picking out clothes to wear even though I would be going outside to play in the dirt. She once told me that I started dancing at the age of one, and that I never stopped. My favorite character was Elmo, I called him momo around one and a half. My first helmet was black with a big star on the back. My favorite outfits were yellow, I hated yellow after awhile. My favorite show as a baby was Teletubbies, she hated that show. She hardly let me watch it but other people would. At age two, she believed that I had been coming down with motion sickness, because for three months straight I puked every time we went for a ride, then it stopped as suddenly as it started, I kind of remember that. My first daycare was on five mile line road. She worked the morning paper route, sometimes she would take me with her. there was one night she took me, she got out of the vehicle, I seen a beautiful Siamese kitten. I wanted her to be mine, I couldn’t say kitty so I said killy. I told aunt Robayn there's a killy killy. Aunt Robayn told me no. I still called for her, and she climbed into the vehicle. Aunt Robayn wasn’t thrilled but I got a new kitten. I named her killy because I couldn’t say kitty. I never realized till I was older that this woman that has been there my entire life was the one who took care of me. No one could ever replace her, No matter what she will always be my number one mom. There was a man that was by my side growing up, I was his little girl, he was like a dad I never had. He was my uncle john