


"Carlie" The black hair era:
This was pandemic time - which, stupidly, I stopped doing OF, most of it. October of 2020 - I admitted myself into a mental health facilty. I was so depressed. I was realizing my marriage was toxic BUT I had no money, no job, and no education. I became a mom at one-seven and met my ex at one-nine. I was a mom, always a struggling student with a minimum wage job. Then the ex swooped in with his blue collar job and made me his housewife. I felt so lucky - until I realized how he was treating me wasn't right. I wanted more but I had to figure out how to get it.
This is the era of my life that I took back MY power and found my independence. I quit OF, got some help with my mental heath. Enrolled in college, became an insurance agent and finally moved out, the first time.
My black hair era, although it's literally a dark one, it's very special to me.