Shannon Flakes

You know whats funny about me moving back to Detroit...no one knows exactly what I am doing and it make folks nervous when they cant see what I am doing when I been under people all my life. i was being suffocated by my love ones and when i didn't do what they expected me to do or do my own thing...it caused problems.

I am a Gemini and I need the space and freedom to be my fickle self. I felt like a puppet almost my whole life. I found the on thing i need...freedom to be me. Didn't even know who me was but i do now and I will never let anyone take me away from me. i will put up a fight every time.

When i first hear Alicia Keys "Brand New Me"...I became emotional because that song is exactly the soundtrack to my life right now. I let my fear of disappointing everyone that was tugging on me take over. It was to overwhelming to fight. i was confused all the time. Was constantly searching for where i belong.

If you find out that i am different, don't take it personally. If you are my friend, you would want to get to know me again because I am nothing like i was 5 months ago. Something personal happened to me that changed me forever. I will never be the same. I've changed completely and I just want to be respected at the end of the day because no one can tell me that I did anything wrong to them besides change and if that is being fake then I will own that.

I am evolving to that woman i always wanted to be.

12:38pm on 1/12/13