My life is what's shaped me into not only the person I am today, but the writer I am today. If my life hadn't taken the turns, twists it had I don't believe Id have this passion I behold for poetry, and writing. My name is Danielle Ann Hogan, my life has thrown a great deal of bumps and rough patches among my past. At the age of 3, I lost my mother due to Lung Cancer. That's when everything went downhill. My father was grieving so badly he became an alcoholic and before you knew it we were in foster care by the time I was 4. From this point on I then went to 7 more foster homes, 1 group home. As there's more details and heavy stuff about that, it's made me the person I am today. It's given me the strength and wisdom I behold now, and to that I am grateful. I take the good from the bad, with the life I've been dished. It encourages me more so to help anyone and everyone I possibly can, because when I do I get a sensation like no other.