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Hey there, my name is Autumn. At first glance, you might see an emo kid, a "tourtured soul", or a rebel without a clue by my outward appearance. If you take a closer look though, that's not the case at all. In January of 2001, I accepted Jesus into my life as my Lord and Savior. Let me take you on that journey.

I was a ten year old girl, I went to public school, and I was an shy outsider who had a couple of really great close friends. At home, my mom worked all the time at a high paying "suit and tie" type of job and would sometimes be gone for three months at a time traveling for business. My dad was a stay-at-home dad, smoker, drug user, and alcoholic who had a part-time job at McDonalds. When my mom was actually home my parents would fight constantly, sometimes even getting violent. Even though I was only ten I knew divorce was around the corner if something amazing didn't happen soon. Around Christmas time, my great grandpa invited my mom to come to church with him and she accepted his offer remembering she had accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior as a young child, and feeling guilty about the life she was leading at the time. She dragged my little brother, my good friend, and I with her. Soon we all began going to church every week, which really got on my dad's nerves. At that time he was TOTALLY against the Bible and anything it had to say. One day in January he decided to talk to the pastor of the church and find out exactly what "crap" this so called Holy Bible was teaching his children. After a couple weeks, my dad and the pastor met often, and even talked on the phone. Eventually my dad accept Jesus into his life. That night my dad told the family that he talked to pastor Gary, and he made the decision to devote his life to God, taking his relationship with the Lord one step at a time, and announced to us that he had accepted Jesus that night and believes that Jesus died on the cross for his sins, and that he asked God for forgiveness and wants to have a relationship with the Lord. No one ever thought that would happen. My dad was probably the most anti-Christian person you would have ever met. So anyways, we started to go to church every week, I also excepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, so did my little brother Andy. Our lives began to change. My dad quit smoking, stopped doing drugs, and stopped drinking alcohol all together. My mom quit her job and started homeschooling my little brother and I, and my dad got an awesome job working at a nice business. Each of our relationships with the Lord AND each other grew stronger, bigger, and better.

Let's fast forward to now. My dad is studying to be a pastor and has his Bachelor's degree and is working torwards his Master's. He still works at that great job. My mom is still homeschooling Andy and I. Andy's in the fifth grade, and I'm going to be graduating in the fall. I'm very involved in my church. I sing for the youth group, I'm hoping join a Christian band soon, and I am starting up a hardcore, screamo, alternitive rock Christian concert series with help from my church that puts on a show once a month as a new kind of outreach to teens in the same situation that I was in. Next year I will start college and be studying cosmetology. I have MANY, many awesome friends, and I'm very outgoing. What a difference, right?

My life has changed completely thanks to Jesus. Six years ago, if you would have asked me what I thought my life would be like at sixteen, I never would have guess this. I probably would have guessed me getting into drugs, drinking, hanging out with the wrong group of people, smoking, sneaking around all the time, and lying like crazy about everything. I know that I would have been TOTALLY out of control. It almost bring me to tears thinking about how much God has impacted my life and how things have change so much for the better. I'm so greatful, I can't even put it into words.

The story I've shared here is the "rated G" version. I have a lot of not-so-great childhood memories that I can never re-live, but I also have some AMAZING moments in my life that I wouldn't trade anything in the world for. I'm happy to share my experiences to help others. I'm a great person to talk to if you're struggling with ANYTHING. I've been through a lot, and I think God might have put me through so much so that I can help out other people (maybe even you). So don't be afraid to send me a message or comment, even if I don't really know you. And if for some reason I can't help, I know who can.

Now that you've taken a closer look, you might guess I'm a goodie-goodie, one of those fake Christians, or even a poser. Or maybe you find my story inspiring. Reguardless, I'm hear to tell you, that you can think anything you want about me, and you can tell me whatever you want to tell me, but I know who I am, I know what I'm about, and I know that I am 100% REAL, and that's all that matters.

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