The Life of Tiffany Futrell

My name is Tiffany Nicole Futrell, I was born on January 7th 1993. My mother didn't give me birth at Marion General Hospital in Marion, IN, Because she had me on the way to the hospital. My mother was going to have a C- Section but I came a month early. I was supposed to be born in Febuary. I was a premature baby. I only weighed 4 lbs and 3 oz. I was a miracle baby because the doctor told my mother after she had my older sister that she shouldn't have any more children. Before my mother got pregnant for me my mother had over 100 blood clots in her vaginal cavities. she was so lucky to survive that many blood clots at one time. Then she got pregnant for me and the doctor told her with the blood clots that she had that he wasn't for sure if my mother and I would survive. But luckly the good lord was watching over us and we survived. The Beginning years of My Life: When I was 8 Months I started crawling. I crawled before I sat up. I was a premature baby so I was a little behind. I started walking when I was 16 Months old I should've been walking earlier than I did. My mother was worried that I started to walk late and my pediatrician told her that she had nothing to be worried about. I would be okay and that a lot of kids. that are premature babies start walking at a later age. Toddler years: I was a character when I was little and I would do anything to make my family laugh. Sometimes being a character I got myself into a lot of trouble. I remember a couple of months or so after my 3rd birthday my father bought me my first pack of bubble gum. I learned how to blow bubbles with gum. I usually put 5 to 7 peicies of gum in my mouth at a time so that i could blow the biggest bubble. My oldest sister and I sometimes had a bubble gum blowing bubble contest to see who blew the biggest bubble. I was always the one who won the contest. My sister use to get so aggervated when I won she said that I was always cheating. She was usually right about that. When I was 3 in a half years old I learned how to ride a bike without trainning wheels. I remember wanting to give up on trying to learn how to ride a bike because I fell off my bike a lot. My father told me never to give up. He said that practice makes perfect. So I took my father's advice and he was right. I practice everyday on learning how to ride my bike I got better and better at it. Then one day I got on my bike and rode my bike without falling. I was so happy that I could ride my bike all by myself without falling. That made me feel like I was a big girl. Age 4: At age 4 I started Early Headstart at Francis Slocum Elementary School in Marion, IN. My teacher was Ms. O'Blennis I didn't really like her she was very mean to me. I always thought that she hated me. My parents withdrawed me out of her class because she told my parents that I was dumb and that I didn't have an imagination. I remember also when I was 4 that I gotten my first pair of glasses. The glasses were so thick that they looked like big coke bottle caps screwed in on frames. The glasses were so hideous. But I didn't have any choice I had to wear them so that I could see better. 4 and half: I remember when I was Four and a half I had to have a Tonsillectomy (,, Surgeical removal of the Tonsils) and adenoids taking out. I always had a hard time swallowing and always kept having terrible sore throats. I couldn't hardly eat meat or anything that was hard. I hated that I couldn't eat what I liked. I was so relieved when I got My Tonsils tooken out. The best thing after I got my Tonsils tooken out was that I could eat Ice Cream, Popscicles, and Jello for two weeks. I got my adenoids tooken out because my sinuses were bad I couldn't breathe through my nose and I always snorned loudly. The doctor told my parents that I wasn't going to be able to snore again but I still do. I just don't snore as loud as I use to. then that summer i was going down a hill backwards on roller skates and I fell and landed on my arm,wrist and Elbow. I had to go to the hospital and have them x-rayed. I broke my arm and elbow in two places. That was the longest summer ever. I could'nt go swimming which I loved to do. I had to be careful whatever I did so that I wouldn't hurt my broken arm and elbow. At age 5: When I was 5 years old I was one of 30 children to be selected for all day kindergarten. My kindergarten teacher was name was Mrs. Gernier she was a very well liked person. She was always nice to her students. I was always the loudest one of all my classmates that she would tell me to shrink it. I always was messy with the glue and I would drop scrapes of paper around the table that I sat at so she gave me the nickname messy betsie. She was the best kindergarten teacher ever. At age 6: I started 1st grade at the same school but only went their for a short period of time. We moved from our 3 story home in Marion, IN to a mobile home out in the country between Marion,IN and Fairmount,IN. So I had to change school districts. I went to Madison Grant United School Corp. I went to a small school that was out in the country it went from kindergarden to 6th Grade. It was called Liberty Elementary School. It only had one teacher per classroom. The school didn't have a careteria we had to eat our breakfast and lunch in our classroom. It only had an Art class. We had to have gym and music class in the gymnasium. We had computer lab in our classroom. I struggled in first grade so my parents held me back another year. It was one of the best thing that 'they did for me. During the summer my family and I moved again but this time we moved in the city. I had to start another year of first grade at the elementary school that was in town. I didn't like Park Elementary School I wanted to stay at Liberty. The best thing about Park Elementary was that I got to walk to school because the school was only 2 blocks away from where I lived. I did a lot better in my second year of 1st grade then I did my first time. I got good grades "and I was reading and comprehending more than I was my first year of first grade. Second grade: I was in Mrs. Helfins class in second grade and I absolutely loved her. she was a great teacher. She was such a sweetheart. And she had a big heart. I always could ask her questions on my class work if i didn't understand how to do the paper she would make it easier for me to understand how to do it. It was hard for me sometimes to understand things because I had learning disabilities. Kids would make fun of me and it really hurt my feelings. Some of the kids would tell me that I was retarded. I wasn't retarded I was just different. I would go and tell Mrs. Helfin that the kids in my class was making fun of me and she would take care of it right away. She didn't like the students making fun of others in her class. She always told us that we're special in our own way. 6 months of being in second grade my family and I moved to the north side of Fairmount and I didn't have to change schools so that was a good thing, because I didn't want to have to leave my friends. I remember everyday after school I would finish my homework and walk to the Fairmount Public Libary. I love to read. Every summer I would participate in the summer reading program. The first summer that I particpated I read over 400 books and the second summer I read over 500 books. The kids who participated in the summer reading program would get free wendy's fast food cupons to get free food. And the kids that read the most books would get a 100 dollar gift card for Walden Books' and other rewards for participating in the summer reading program. It was so much fun. I went to the libary everyday that the ladies knew me by name that they didn't have to see my libary card anymore. I also remember every september my "sister and I would go to James Dean Days. The car show was at playaceres park and the festival was downtown. It had a lot of amusement rides, games, live music and a lot of vendors that sold things. And a lot of food vendors. I always loved to get lemon shake ups and Elephant Ears. I met a lot of people when I lived in Fairmout. One elderly man that I met was the owner of a small antique shop. I always stopped twice a week to see if he needed any help around the store. Sometimes I just stopped their to look at the antiques. I was very fascinated. I also remember him ordering a fish sandwich with cheese from point pizza a restaurant that his daughter and son in law owned. He didn't like the grilled part of the bun so he use to let me eat it. Then one day he gave me his address for me to go to his house and meet his wife. I went over that day and she invited me to come in she was the nicest lady. I started going over there everyday. Their names are Bill Beck and her names is Roma Beck. They're like my second Grandparents. We still stay in contact today. I love them both with all my heart. My third grade year I didn't go to park Elementary anymore I went back to Liberty. I only went to Liberty 6 months because we mo ed back to Marion. I didn't want to leave Fairmount. I love it there and hated Marion. I didn't want to leave my friends and have to go to a different school again. I was tired of moving.The rest of 3rd grade I went to Kendall Elementary School I hated it there. The kids were very rude and mean to me. I got made fun of a lot. I use to cone home from school and cry. That's why I've got insecurities because I was bullied in school. I would tell the teacher that they were bullying me but she would never do anything about it. My parents would even call or go to the school to tell them but they never did anything about it. I was so glad that I wasn't going back to that school again because we was moving in the Summer. 4th grade I went to Northview elementary School it was in Gas City Indiana. It was a lot bigger schiol than icwas use to going to. It was a lot better than Kendall Elementary School was. I had a couple of kids make fun of me but when I told the teacher she done something about it. But I only went there for 6 months. we moved again and this time it was out in the country. I loved living out in the country. The rest of my fourth grade year I went to another little school. Southeast Elementary school I loved it there. I made a lot of new friends and some of my friends that went there ended up going to middle school with me. The summer before I would start my fifth grade year was the hardest and sadest summer that I ever had. My father past away on July 20,2004. He past away of mannerism of the Aorta. He was only 57 Years old. After my father past away we moved in with my grandmother for about a couple months. Then we moved into an apartment in Marion. I went back to Francis Slocum my fifth grade year. After 3 months of my father being gone my mother got with one of my father's good friend's that he hung out with when they were teenagers. My older sister didn't like the idea of my mother finding somebody else that soon. I didn't have a problem with it as long as she happy.

6th through 8th grade: I went to McCullouch Middle School in Marion for all three years. Iloved the school. I made a lot of friends and the teachers that I had I really liked. My favorie teachers my 6 th grade year was my Science and. math teacher her nane was Mrs. Solomon. My English teacher and I can't recall her name. My reading teacher Mrs. Farris and my resourse teacher. I had started dating a boy the ending of first semester me and him dated almost a year and a half but then everything in our relationship went wrong. Then April of 2007 I started dating a guy that was in high school we was 4 years apart. I was 14 and he was 17. My mother didn't care about our age difference as long as he treated me good. In my 7th grade year my favorite teachers was My social studies teacher Mrs. Banks and My science teacher Mrs. Knudzen. My 8th grade year was the hardest year because that was my last year in middle school. My 8th grade year was the easiest year. I had easy teachers. My favorite teachers in 8 th grade was Mrs.Burchette she was a resource teacher. Mr. Wendell was My social Studies teacher he was cool. And my English teacher Mrs. Queen- Townsand. Everybody thought that my English teacher was hard to get slong with but tealky she eas easy going. A lot of the students liked to make teachers s bad name. Really they wasn't all that bad really. I loved my middle school I was sad when it was my last day. I wasn't ready to be a freshman the next year. But I knew that I had to grow up. High School years: I attended Marion High School all four years I hated the school. It was hard to fit in. There were cliques. If you wasn't a Jock or a rich kid you better forget about fitting in. I had barely any friends in high school. I wouldn't talk to a lot of people I just stayed distance from some people. I only talked to the friends that I had and hang out with a small crowd. I knew who to hangout with and who not to. I got pregnant my Sophomore year of high school I was 16 years old at the time. The first time I started having a baby bump a lot of people had asked a lot of questions. Questions that I really didn't feel like answering and I didn't think it was anyones business but mine. The only friend that I had that stuck by my side when I was pregnant was Rachelle Wells. She was the only one that didn't judge me for being pregnant. If she heard anybody talking about me she told them off. She was always a good friend. My junior year of high school was very hard. I had to learn how to take care of a 3month old baby and find ways to finish my homework. I was a single parent and it was hard. If it wasn't for my mother I wouldn't of knew what to do. Before my junior year me and my daughters father split up. Things between him and I wasn't working out. My junior year of high school I missed a bunch of school I was so far behind. Then my senior year I quit school because it was just to much on me. I wouldn't of graduated on time. I didn't have enough credit's to graduate. So I decided to grt my GED instead. Adult years: When I was 18 I started going down the wrong path. I started hanging with the wrong people and using drugs. I was a big pill. head and loved to smoke mary jane. 6 months of doing drugs I realized that it wasn't for me so I quit cold Turkey. I knew that I had a little girl at home that I needed to worry about. I also was finding love the wrong way. I was dating guys that were bad news. I never knew if I would ever find love again until I met my fiancée. My fiancée and I started talking in 2011 and got together September 16 2011. We have a lot in common and we have a lityle girl together and I am pregnant again. So I have almost 3 kids at the age of 20. He has 2 boys as well and I claim them as mine. love all of my kids. I thank God everyday for letting me be able to have children. My children mean everything to me. Without them my life wouldn't be complete. Author note: This book is finished please comment share or follow. Hope whoever reads my book enjoy it. < 3 <3 <3

This book is deicated to my 3 kids. Annalise Futrell Abigail May & my unborn child.