#chapteredparents

Amanda Rothman, seventeen year old rising senior at Towson High School in Baltimore, Maryland, has been friends with Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, and Zack Merrick since her freshman year. The boys, knowing of her aspirations to become a professional photographer, offer her a job taking photographs for their summer tour.

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza The obstacles in my life range from pathetic to tragic. In high school, my best friend got the guy. Later on, I married really young at the age of 19 hoping that my life could begin sooner. Then, my husband passed away before he could meet his own daughter. Now, I had to move in to an apartment because I couldn't afford my house anymore, and I'm forced to raise my 3 year old daughter alone. I know now, that this is only the beginning.