: About Me

My name is Samantha Olson, but everyone calls me Sam. I am a student at Winona State University located in Minnesota. I am originally from the Twin Cities and have decided not to go back.

I love to snowboard, play sports, lounge around, and shop! I am a average college student; living poor and on ramen noodles, but man... I love it.

I have lived quite a rough life and have fallen down many times, but I am a fighter and I thank God everyday for giving me numerous chances at changing my life and doing it right!

My passion is ...

to help others and being creative

I know too much about ...

struggling and the tough times.

My parents always told me ...

I could be anything as long as I keep my head on straight

My childhood ambition ...

was the play sports, get dirty, bend rules, and go non-stop

My favorite memory ...

is all the times up at Leach Lake at Hiawatha Beach

Why I write ...

I write because I can express myself better through writting than I can speaking

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

any book I can find that looks and sounds interesting. Anything I can get my hands on

My first job ...

I was a cashier at T.J. Maxx. It was HORRID.

My best moment ...

Wow. I really cannot choose one.

My inspiration ...

My mother, my siblings, and my future

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The complications of growing up

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Every child experiences different aspects of growing up. I grew up in a abusive home where drugs and alcohol were used out in the open and others grew up in homes where that wouldn't even be imaginable. As a child our most critical years are from newborn to three years old. It is at that age things we see, hear, and experience get lost in our subconscious. Growing up in my home I experienced enormous amounts of anger and from watching how my parents dealt with it, is how I dealt with it and that pretty much consisted of screaming, hitting, swearing, running away, or the very common; go do ...

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