My Reason
Hello, my name is Samantha Brown, I am from Grand Junction, Colorado. Not originally, but it is where I grew up. The place I will always call home. Shortly after graduating high school, I became a mother to an amazing little girl. Then I met someone who changed our life. Yes, I did things a little out of the normal order but that’s just where the roller coaster of events begins. We welcomed baby number two not long into the relationship, bought a house, and decided that we wanted to be together for always. This is that part where the “happily ever after” is supposed come. It didn’t though.
Next comes three consecutive deaths. My mom was first, she suffered for a long time due to an addiction that slowly devoured every ounce of her life. Then my fiancé, the love of my life, he fell asleep on his way to work and didn’t survive. My baby brother is the one that hurt most of all. Someone murdered him, you’ll never convince me otherwise, but the police say it was suicide. Left here wondering why they all had to die.
These events happened years ago… things are much better now. I have four wonderful children instead of just the two, and an amazing man who is gentle with me because he truly understands. More than that I’m thankful our kids have him for a dad.
This is all very heavy, personal if you will, but I feel like you have to know these things about me to understand what it is I want to do. I have a bachelor’s degree in English with an Emphasis on Professional Writing. I want to write more than anything I’ve ever wanted to do.
Love, loss, grief, addiction, and mental illness. Every difficult emotion that makes up this crazy beautiful life. These are the things I want to write about because I don’t want everything that I have been through to be for nothing. Something good should come from all of the pain. I genuinely believe that if I can help people who have experienced the unimaginable, know that they are not alone, well, that would be something good.