Hi my name is Julie and this is a little about my life. I came into this world on September 22, 1960. My parents were Harold and Geri LaNier. I can't tell you much about this time because I was to little too remember. I have four other sisters, they are Jody, Janie, Jennifer and Jackie. I grew up in a little town called Oak Harbor. It was a nice little town no one has ever heard of.

I graduated from high school in 1979, and moved with my sister Jody right after. It was alright for a while, but things change. I guess I wanted a little more freedom then they were willing to let me have. So I move back to Ohio, got me a job and my own place. Finally I had my freedom, well maybe to much of a good thing.

I went to work in a bar maybe not the best place to work but it paid pretty good. And I was independent. That's where I met my first real boyfriend. His name was David Korn. We hit it off real well and I thought I was madly in love with him. How little I knew. We'd been seeing each other for a while when I found out that I was pregnant. Of course it didn't take long for him to high tail it out of there and deny that the baby was his. All my friends said I shouldn't keep the baby, but I just couldn't do that, I was determined to make it on my own. I worked another 6 months, and I couldn't do it anymore. It just wasn't the kind of place to work while you are preguant. My mom told me to come home until after the baby was born and that's what I did.

So now I'm home back with my parents waiting for my baby to be born. Janie still lived there so it wasn't too bad. Well the day had finally come for me to have the baby, only my parents weren't at home when I went into labor. My sister Janie had no idea what to do. And me, this being my first, I had no idea either. So we waited, and they came home and took me to the hospital. Fourteen hours later my daughter was born.

When I returned home things started to change. My mom seemed to take right over. I guess at first I didn't object, but then it was everything from giving Amber baths and feeding her, it was like she was mom's daughter and not mine. I decided it was time to go back to work and save money so I could move out and into my own place again.

Well by this time I was dating my future husband. Eugene was crazy and not something I was accustomed to, but I loved him. I got a job at Burger King and Eugene came down on weekends to see me. Mom didn't like him too well, but I didn't care I was happy. Things were getting bad at home, Mom threatened to take Amber away from me and I wasn't going to stand for that. I told Eugene the situation and he came up with a plan for me to get out of the house. We decided to move in together. So one day my mom wasn't home and I packed everything I could carry and me and Amber set out for our new life with Eugene.

We moved to Indianapolis where Eugene worked for the railroad. I decided to go back to school and maybe find a new job. Well right before I graduated I became pregnant again and there went my job possibilities.

On December 5,1987 we were married. I was four months along and waiting anxiously for my new baby to arrive. Eugene had gotten a transfer to Chicago with the railroad, so we moved to Portage, Indiana. We live in a small trailer it was pretty cramped, but it was all we could find at the time. The big day came and Eugene was in Toledo, Ohio. He wasn't there when his son was born. But they called him and told him he had a son. He was so happy.

Let's us skip a little bit further ahead. I had another child while I was still living in Portage. It was a girl this time and my husband was there. I had to have a c-section because she wasn't turned right. Don't let anyone tell you that it's the best way to go because it's not. I'll take natural any day of the week.



The trailer was getting to small for us now, and Eugene got another transfer. We moved back to Ohio. We starting renting from his mom in Toledo. Not the best place to live but we made due. And low and behold my fourth child came along. I'll bet your saying wow I can't believe it, well neither could I. Eugene started his own business and he was missing calls from the railroad, and guess what he got fired. After that things started getting bad between us. Maybe it was because of him losing his job or maybe the people he was hanging around with. His mom sold the house we were living in and the new owners took over. Eugene business was starting to fail and that just added to our problems. I decided to take a break from him if you want to call it that. I called Jody and told her I was leaving him, and she came and got me.

I moved to Greenfield, Indiana without my husband. I was also pregnant with my fifth child which didn't help matters any. I missed him so much. I didn't want to have to go through all this by myself. For the first time I was really scared. Eugene wasn't there for the birth of his fifth child. I called and told him he had another daughter, and he came down. He moved in with us, which was a big mistake. It was long after, he got into a fight with my sister and we left, only to move across the street to his friends house. Dennis and Jennie are good people, and good friends of my husbands. I guess they are friends of mine also. Some things happened and we broke up once again and Eugene took off to Ohio once again. I was left there at Jennie's feeling abandoned by my husband and feeling so alone. It stayed like that for about a month, and then Eugene called and of course I went back to him.

And now another move back to Ohio, only this time there was no house to move into. We stayed in a shelter until we could find a place to live. Neither one of us had a job, Eugene had Workmans comp but that wasn't enough to pay the bills. We finally found a place in Toledo. It was alright not much to look at but the rent was reasonable. We lived there for about 2 yrs and then his mom called and said there were some apartments opening up in Fremont and she thought we should try and get one.

By this time I was getting a little tried of moving around. Amber and Aaron were both in school and it just wasn't fair to them to keep uprooting and going to someplace new. I thought this would be our last move.

We got settled into our new place and the kids enrolled into a new school. My husband found a new job truck driving, it mean't being away alot and I didn't think I would like that too well, but it worked out alright. Well guess what!? You guessed it, I was pregnant with my last child. I'm not going to say I was elated, but I was happy. No matter what I was going to make this all work. Well the day arrived and they induced my labor, believe me this is the worse thing that could happen. It make the labor longer and the pains harder, not a good thing. We had another girl and this time I did the smart thing I had my tubes tied. Most normal people would have done it after they're second or third. No I waited till my sixth.

Well guess what time for another move. Back to Indiana we go. I moved back in with Janie, Eugene refused to so he stayed with Dennis on the weekends and at his mom's in Ohio during the week. He would come up for visits on the weekends. On the last weekend visit he told me either I find a place or we're all going back to Ohio and I didn't want that. I looked through the papers everyday trying to find a place to go. Finally, I found one in Anderson, IN. Eugene was not to pleased to say the least, he was hoping I would'nt find anything here, he didn't want to stay in Indiana.

Well now were at the present time, six kids later, about upteen million moves and quite a few jobs in between. I now have a job at Meijer. It's a big grocery/department store all in one. I like my job and the people I work with, and I don't plan on moving again for quite some time to come. Well that's my life, maybe not as exciting as most but mine all the same. I hope you enjoyed reading this. I still have about three more pages to add to my site. And I hope you'll enjoy those just as much.