Tina Lee Laurie:  

Life I grow up in West Springfield and Feeding Hills. I'm the 4th child of 6. I have 4 brothers(3 older 1 younger) and 1 sister who is younger then me. Where I lived in West Side was so much fun. We lived off of Riverdale Rd., there were only 5 houses in our little neighborhood.(there is an Apartment complex there as well but no kids.) 1 house was on Riverdale, our house was on Marion St. and our house was the only one on the street. Then there is Elizabeth St. which runs off of Marion St. 3 of the homes are on Elizabeth St. 4 of the families had kids and all total there were 13 kids and we were pretty close in age. Then in 1985 we moved to Feeding Hills and lived in my Nana's house. Which is also the one my Dad had grown up in. I enjoyed living in both places as a kid. Now we jump ahead a few years. I met Shawn in July of 1998 and we started dating in February of 1999. We got married on March 31,2001. My life has not been the same since we first met. I have 2 beautiful daughters, Kayla will be 9 on May 12th, Shannon turned 6 on Feb. 22nd. Kayla is almost done with the third grade. She really likes her teacher and has made new friends. I have posted her new school picture on here. Shannon is almost done with her first year of school. They both love school and I can't believe the school year is almost over. I'm a full time stay at home Mom and I couldn't be happier. This is the hardest job I will ever have. My girls are the best joy I have in my life. I lived in Middlefield, MA from 9/99 until 11/05 and now we are back here in Feeding Hills. We are still living in a small apartment, I was hoping to be in a house by now but the funds just aren't there. So hopefully soon something will come through and I'll get my house. (See the last paragraph for an update on my living arrangements.) Things for me have changed so much since High School. I did have my "wild" years where I would go clubbing alot with friends. Of course I've never done anything illegal then or now...LOL!!!! But I have put all those days far behind me and all I do now is anything and everything for my girls to have a happy life. I have had my share of heartaches and 2 tragic losses to my family both happening in 2001. First one was my 6 year old nephew, he had very suddenly gotten sick and started to have a seizure at school. He was brought to the ER and was admitted into Baystate's Childrens Hospital in May of 2001 and the Doctors had to put him into a drug indused coma to help stop the seizures. But after 4 months of being in the PICU and hooked to all kinds of tubes and wires and test after test, Mathew's body...Expand for more