L.A. Crane

I am a 54 (in 2012) year old California native woman. I have had a life full of crap (unwed mother at 16, son's death a year later, suicidal depression, drug abuse, discovering I was gay at 19, etc.) I have been successful at overcoming a world of things, and have kept my 'eyes wide open' all my life trying to figure out why s#$t happens and how to deal with it successfully. I love helping others, especially teens, as they seem to still be the most mis-understood age group, as well as being the most discounted. (Opinions discounted because 'you're just being a teenager') Also, I remember. It blows me away how many adults don't remember how adolescence felt, or believe if it didn't bother them, it shouldn't bother their kids. Or, the old standby, "I went through that when I was your age, and I turned out all right."