The Crazy Life That I Have Lived….

My name is Veronica Hayes and I'm 19 years old. I'm from Fillmore, Page Street to be exact. I lived in a seven-bedroom Victorian house on Haight Street .My family and I call it the Granny Rine spot!!!

I'm going to introduce my life to you guys by sayin how you can support someone to make your life and their life better. My grandmother passed when I was 17 years old ... that's when all my sisters, my mother and I really had it tough. My granny supported us with everything: a house, food, love, and care -- that's all we really needed. I lived with her my whole life, born and raised. She was just like a mother, but I always had my real momz by my side, but not fina go too deep into detail, but when my grandmother passed - it made my fam stronger.

WHERE iS FaMilY WhEn You NeEd them???

Shit got harder as weeks passed by, but in order for me and my sis Erica too stay strong, we had to keep our heads up. My sis was 18, lookin out for herself and didn't need nobody's help really but God is always good. My sis didn't have no where to go, but my aunty had a sweetheart and accepted her in…and my sis also had a job. She was workin and stayin on her feet, that was SWEEt.

The wonderful thangs my mama did for her kids???

Man, my mama will give up da world for her kids. Momz went to rehab and changed her life, gettin her money, doin' her thang and I love her for that!!! When my mama saw that my granny passed and that's all we really had, she changed because she knew life could be better than it had been!! We lived with my granny forever. My lil sis Miracle brought support to my mother and I. She's 3 yrs of age, and if it wasn't for her right now, we wouldn't have our own spot to stay. My mom wouldn't have no job, but it was a miracle, so life got turned around.

I had got put on transitional housing, had my own space to think about how great of a fam me, my sisters and mom was going to have - and my mom was doin the same at her program.

Not much more to say, but I love my family - my mama the most because she makes shyt happenz and I have a k00l relationship with her. You only get one mother and I love mine !

- Veronica