Preface (or whatever these pre-chaperters are called to apologize or explain what's about to come)

Hi. My name is Samantha. Okay well that's not my real name, just the one I always wanted as a kid, but I'm not up for giving my real name away to the masses just yet. You'll see why soon.

What you're about to read is all true. Every word I write has happened to my family and me. It will sound crazy, this I assure you, but it will all be true. Just a fair warning- its gonna be a bumpy ride, but in the end I hope this will do a few things. First, help me deal with the craziness that my life has become. Writing is generally cathartic for me. Two, this is a place where all the events can be recorded and remembered in the event of any court appearance I may have to make. Yep. Seriously. Court. Sigh.

But first I have to remind all my readers (which is just me at this point) that I am SO not a writer. The last thing I wrote was like 6 years ago about the history and growth of Alfred Hitchcock films. That being said, this is more of a stream of consciousness than a final draft of anything you might actually read in "real life". I may spell things wrong, and most definitely will make grammar mistakes. Run on sentences, incomplete sentences- incorrect punctuation. The whole 9 yards. BUT this will be me, my way, my story in the raw, as honest and vulnerable as it gets. Oh and I'll try not to be a downer too, because after all I am alive, healthy, and blessed by God in so many ways.
Thanks for reading... (for now I write that to myself having no real readers, and it kinda seems silly...thanks me for reading what you wrote. Haha! Oh well.)