Too Soon

Had no choice about growing up. I wasn't really a trouble maker, but got the title during my teen years and became the black sheep of the family. I was raped at the age of 12 by my best friend's sister's boyfriend. Who was also a friend of our family. When I told my mother, she did not believe me, and I was being threaten by him, so I ran away from home. I was a good student, and was supporting myself for the first time at the age of 14. Had two babysitting jobs. One paid me by giving me free rent in a small two room apartment.I was a runaway when I did this, and was able to stay hidden in plain sight for 6 months before, my mother put posters up for me and some turned me in. I went to Indiana Girls School shortly after that, and spent some time there, then a half way house, before I decided, I couldn't live that way and took off again. I was returned to Indiana Girls School. I petitioned the court for my own custody and got it, because my file stated when they found me, I had rented my own apartment and had a job. The state said by me doing this I proved I could take care of myself and at the age of 16 I was declared an adult. I pretty much have been on my own since. Though I did move back in with my parents shortly when my oldest was a baby. Didn't stay too long. Don't get along well with my parents when I live with them. So I don't live with them very long, and never really did. Even when I was a small child, I was always someplace other than home.