Amanda Marquardt:  

I lived in Aitkin, Mn until the end of my 7th grade year, then we moved to Royalton, Mn where I graduated in 1998. So now that my childhood is mapped out here's the rest of my story. I graduated 3 months pregnant with my daughter Alexis and had her at 19. I went to school for accounting, and decided I hated it. So I worked in factories instead, you name it I've done it. I lived in Brainerd for a while where I was a CNA and worked at the State Hospital in the chemical dependency unit. I moved back to St. Cloud, Mn at 21 and stayed in that area for the next 4 years. I worked at Pan O'Gold bakery where I made some of my best friends. I met Skinny at 22 and we dated for a year, at 23 I got pregnant and we eloped. The pregnancy was very hard, I lost 25 lbs due to extreme morning sickness, had massive bleeding and clotting, and was placed on bedrest at 10 weeks. I continued to have complications and my water broke at 20 weeks, I went another 3 1/2 weeks before having my son, Mitchell Lee. He was 3 1/2 months premature and weighed 1lb. 4oz., I had him in St. Cloud, he airlifted to Minneapolis for emergency surgery. He was brought back to St. Cloud after a month, he was stable and a month later he lost his battle. My son passed away Aug. 2003, it was and still...Expand for more