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Aaliyah?s life

January 26, 2015
By Anonymous

August 27, 2001 I was born at Waimea, Hawaii. I was 5 pounds and 9 ounces. I have an older brother, Isaac and an older sister, Tiare. About a month later my mom, Wendy and dad, Mark got into a big fight and my dad left us. Isaac, Tiare, Wendy and I lived in Kona and when Mark left us we moved to Puako with my grandparents. June 2003 we all moved to hilo. August 2003 I started preschool. In August 2004 I moved pre schools to Hale aloha. In August 2005 I started soccer for Ayso. I also started Cheer for panaewa. May 4, 2006 my sister boyfriend brother died in a car crash it was the hardest thing that I went through because he was like a brother to me. It was really hard for the family because the mom and one of his brothers was right there when it happened and his girlfriend was pregnant with his kid and they named his kid after him and he has never met his dad. September 2007 my grandma and grandpa went to court with my mom and they got legal custody over Isaac and I. They said that my mom wasn?t fit enough to take care of us. During this time my grandparents had applied me for Kamehameha schools. When i found out that my mom could no longer take care of me I didn?t really understand what happened all i knew was that my mom left.. August 2006 I started Kindergarten at Kamehameha schools. 2007 I started basketball for Wahine Warriors. Also I played t-ball for new hope angels.February 13, 2008 I became an aunty. I have a nephew his name is Kaupalena?ole. May 28, 2008 I saw my mom for the first time since she lost custody over me. I was so happy to see her and i spent like a whole month with her. I got to see my sister and my nephew and all my family that lives in kona. I also got to met my moms boyfriend. June 2009 I went to California and Las Vegas to met my grandma?s family. 2009 my Papa left us because of family problems. 2010 my papa came back and we started going church. My church is like my family to me they are always there for us. 2011 was the first time I got bullied so badly I didn?t go to school for a long time and at one point i thought about killing myself but then i talked to my pastor and he told me that those people bulling me are doing it because they are trying to make themselves feel better. 2012 my mom came to live with us. November 1, 2013 I had my first boyfriend. We met during soccer and his team knew he liked me and my friends that played on his team knew I liked him. On the last day of soccer practice he asked me out. We hung out at the soccer field most of the time. We trained together. We were on the same team. I also played HYSA and he came to my games to support me. In April we started getting into fights over little things and we hung out less. On May 25, 2013 I found out he was cheating on me. I was really broken. That was my first break up and it hurt a lot. I took my a long time to move on. July 16-21, 2013 I went to camp Mokuleia. Its on oahu and its for 6 days. It was really fun there were people from Kauai, Oahu, and Big Island. There were so many activities. On the first day of camp we spent the day at wet n wild. Then we went to the camp and we went over the rules and did some cabin boding. Every night we talked about god and then we had cabin time. On the last day of camp we went to pearl ridge to shop. March 14, 2014 my great grandma died. June 16, 2014 I had my second boyfriend. He was a year younger than me. We both paddle for the same canoe club and we hung out a lot. My brother and his step brother were really good friends so we saw each other a lot. His mom, step dad, dad and step mom knew that we were going out and they were really nice to me. July 15-21, 2014 I went to camp Mokuleia again for the last year. I saw all my friends and on the last day I was crying because I don?t know if I would ever see them again. I had so many friends from all over i had guy friends too. July 22, 2014 me and my boyfriend broke up for many reasons. I was depressed and then I had to go back to therapist. I didn?t go back to paddling because people would of asked why we broke up. I barely left the house. In August I finally got over him but, i was scared to go school and see him. December 2014 my aunt died. Her last words were “I want Aaliyah and her canoe club to spread my ashes in the water.” Heres more information about me I love the color pink and blue. I love to run because it calms me and I don?t have to think. I have a lot of guy friends that i hang out with. I have a really overprotective friend who I consider as my brother.


The author's comments:

This article is about my life. From when I was born till about now. I?ve been faced with so many challenges but, that?s what makes me stronger 


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