shannon Gilmour ( Mills):  

This profile is need of an edit: Here goes! 1991 would have been the year I would have graduated, but sadly, I left most of you high and dry as I ran away from home at the age of 17. Most of you may know me as Shannon Mills. I was a foster child and had a lot of things to sort out and a lot of growing up to do but never did I leave my friendships behind. I carried you all with me and the memories I have always held close. It was hard for me to keep friends. Many of you know I was always coughing in school. I had asthma and sometimes those coughing fits would turn ugly. Snot running from my nose, eyes watering, me disrupting the class. Yeah, I knew a lot of you, but I didn't hang with a lot of you. You always asked me questions growing up. I was adopted and looked so different than my older 'sister' and some of you even compared me with her. We were soooo sooo different. Those of you who were curious enough, and who did treat me as your friends, thank you. You have helped me in more ways than you will ever know. I cannot thank you enough. You asked me about me. You got to know me. You liked me, and you allowed me to be me. This was a secret in my foster family; I was not allowed to talk about my memories or my past. I didn't know it at the time, but as a child that caused an identity crisis and I lashed out in problem behavior. I never got mixed in with drugs, but... my behavior hurt some of the fri...Expand for more