Donna Piko-jones:  

How in the world can one tell in 20050 characters what has happened to them in the past 40+ years? I married a couple of physically abusive men; then realized it was not the men that were my trouble, but myself that was drawing these men to me. I made a change in myself. I birthed 6 children. Most of the time I raised my children as a single parent. While I was doing this I worked 2 and often 3 jobs in order to support them. It may not have been easy but it was my life and I appreciate being given that. I had several different job descriptions ranging from waitress to underground coal miner (waitress is much harder!). The majority of my work years however, were spent in the mental health field. I no longer work as I am disabled from fibromyalgia. I have several other health related problems but I am not going to write about them. As a "drama queen Pisces" I struggled with religion for many years. I was always looking for the faith that "fit" who I was. Of course I tried the traditional Christian churches, then Buddhism, then a charasmatic Christian church, then the Native American path. I found that the closest one to feeling right was the Native American path; but even that was not "right". I have studied alternative healing pr...Expand for more