The Very Beginning.....

My name is De Ann. I am happily married to the most wonderful man ever Brent. We have a beautiful (soon to be) 24year old daughter. Her name is Bre Ann. We are from a small northern Illinois town. Bre Ann was a healthy baby girl, very smart. I was a stay at home mom and dad had to work. I so much appreciate being able to stay at home. Bre Ann was an honor roll student. She earned lots of awards all the way through high school. She attended every DARE parade our town sponsored. She was extremely anti drug all through school. She wrote essay after essay on being anti drug. We never thought this would happen to us. Not that we are above addiction or anything, just did not think we would ever be in the position we are in now. Heroin DOSENT care what race, gender, fininacial status you are. It will get you even if you try it once. And that is what Bre Ann did. Tried it one time. That was 18ish. She did hang out with what I considered a "rough crowd", we kept our communication open and I randomly drug tested her. Sometimes she knew and sometimes she did not. I chose a hair follicle test which I was able to purchase at Walgreens. It was costly but it gave us a peace of mind and it kept her on her toes. Then she started working. She had to get a work permit because of her age. It was there she met her first love. Ahhh yes, We have 2 different ways to look at this picture. Here it is.... He is 21 and she is 15. Pretty sure of the age but I could be off some. Yep tooo old!!! But thank god he taught her how to be street wise. (understanding this will come later)