Dylan Danford

Two

Have you ever been the victim of complications that pre-date your existence? If so, you may be able to relate to my life. This all started because my Dad was not honest with the women he dated, and all of the women he simultaneously hurt. My mom was a long-time friend of his and amid their long-time relationship, my Mom was one of many other women my Dad was seeing before I was ever born. My mom did not care much about it because she did the same when it came to the men she dated. The problem surfaced when I was born and another one of my Dads girlfriend’s had a problem with the lies my Dad told. I have a big reason to believe she may have even wished maliciously toward me and my mother before I was even born. Moving on, this woman, I had seen her from time to time, I was a kid I didn't think much of it until my Dad moved her into our home when I was Ten. As a kid, I only ever wanted to see my parents get back together so it internally did not sit well with me that there was someone else. This lady is 23 years younger than my Dad, she DOES have “Daddy issues” seeing as her parents did not want her as a child (so I am told), and it caused friction in our house because she would compete for my Dads attention and I would get robbed of the time, energy, love, and finance, that should have been spent nurturing a young boy to succeed in his dreams. Soon, my life had become so invisible to my entire family that there were days I can tell I was going completely unnoticed. The only good that came from that, is that I stood quiet and watched what we call “generational curses” unfold within everyone. My family is not in any way a great influence for my mental or general health, and what kept my mind to be intact was listening to my biggest inspiration and hero on the radio, Beyonce, and Mariah Carey and the Legend, Miss Mary J Blige. Mary was the only connection I had to my Mother while she was in Prison. It made me cry, but it was therapeutic. Well, back to my Dad’s Girlfriend, she is the most vindictive, evil, condescending and pessimistic individual I have ever encountered in my entire life.