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The Life Of Xena

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By Xena WestPublished 3 years ago 9 min read
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On March 9th 1996, Deidra and Terrence gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl. She was 5lbs and 11 ounces, Terrence came to the hospital drunk after Deidra gave birth to their beautiful baby girl. He came and saw his daughter then left because he needed to sleep off the alcohol that he was drinking that night. So after Terrence left the hospital Deidra named her daughter Xena from this tv show called “Xena The Warrior Princess”.Terrence and Deidra didn’t live together they both lived with their mothers. They was young parents who was scared. Deidra was 15 and Terrence was 17. Deidra fell in love with Xena instantly she never felt this type of love. Diedra’s mother Debra was crying with tears of joy because her baby girl had a baby girl. She was proud to be a grandmother. Debra got to hold her while Deidra got some rest. The next day the doctors came in to clear Deidra and her beautiful baby girl so they can go home. Later on that day they was home enjoying this beautiful baby girl !

A year later , Xena was 1 years old she was walking and trying to talk. She loves playing with her granny’s wigs and trying to walk in her heels. Xena was a goof ball she loves being silly. CPS got called because Terrence didn’t feel like Deidra was taking care of Xena so CPS came to visit Debra’s house to see how they were living. It was hard for Deidra because she was young and her mother was always working. CPS felt like Xena wasn’t being taking care of right. CPS gave Xena to her dad Terrence. Xena was living with her dad and her grandparents. Xena’s dad was in and out of jail but they trusted his parents to take care of Xena. She was in daycare while her grandparents worked.

Four years later Xena was five years old . She was in pre-K and learning and making friends. Her mother Deidra came and signed her out of school and took her home. Deidra got married to Jay and was living with him and his 3 boys in Dallas, Tx. Xena never went back to school where her dad lives. Terrence was tired of fighting with Deidra about their baby girl so Terrence just let Deidra keep her without CPS getting involved. As Xena got older she started realizing a lot of things that her mother was doing. When Xena turned 9 years old she visited with her daddy and his girlfriend at the time. When xena turned 10 years old she lived with her a lady she called her aunt Shay. Xena was going to school down there for a while. Her aunt Shay lived in Dallas so she wasn’t that far from her mother. Until one day things happened to Xena in her aunt house. She was scared and ran down stairs and told her aunt, her aunt didn’t believe her. She called Xena a lair, she didn’t want to believe that her husband and son would do that to her niece. Xena called her mother and told her everything Xena’s mother was upset she came and got her that day. Deidra told Terrence what happened he was angry he didn’t want Xena over there anymore. So while Xena Wwas living with her mother Terrence would come and pick Xena up for the holidays and summer. Until one day Xena wanted to live with her daddy because she felt loved and wanted to be with her daddy. Xena went and lived with her daddy, she was going to school and enjoying everything as a kid. The holidays came and xena was getting ready to go visit her granny Debra, she was excited and couldn’t wait! Until one day her daddy had got a called from Deidra saying that her mother Debra passed away. (Xena was 12 years old around this time) Terrence gave the phone to Xena so her mother can tell her the bad news. Once Xena heard what her mother was telling her she dropped the phone and ran to the bathroom and cried her little eyes out her heart was hurting from so much pain she was feeling. Her daddy called her in the living room and held her tight as she cried. Xena’s step mom April came home from work and heard about the news that Xena had got she came and hugged her so tight that she cried even harder. After that Xena just felt like a piece of her was gone. Xena was so close to her granny that she was like another mother to her. As years went by Xena was in high school she was always going back in forward between her dad and her mother. Xena went to go live with her mother when she was 16years old. Life became hard for Xena, She had to see her mother get abused and that tore Xena apart she felt like she couldn’t leave her mother. Xena and her mother got put out of their house and they had to live with Shay, Xena’s aunt. While Xena was living there her mother was out doing stuff and living with a man she met from Shay.

Xena cousin Starr was staying with them to Xena was the little sister and Starr was the big sister. If Xena and Starr needed to go anywhere they had to take the bus and sometimes walk everywhere because they didn’t have any money. They would go days and weeks without eating! They would wear the same clothes and starve because they didn’t have any food to eat. Deidra would be only thinking about herself and the man she was with. Xena’s life was miserable at the time she was depressed and wanted to end it. Until one night Shay’s son Ced tried to force himself onto Xena. Xena fought hard but he wouldn’t let her go until she finally got away and ran to her sister Starr she told Starr everything so Starr called Deidra to tell her what was going on. Deidra didn’t believe her so they called Xena a lair.

Xena went to go live with her daddy and step mom again. She realized that living with her mother wasn’t the best thing for her. Xena loved her mother but couldn’t live with her. As time went by Xena was doing good in school and going back to normal. When Xena was 18 years old she was pregnant with a boy. Xena was a Jr in high school making A’s and B’s. Xena went to school everyday she fought for her success in high school. Xena was able to finish school before her baby boy was born. She could still walk the stage in May. Xena had her son Dec 19th 2014. Having a baby changed her life around she knew she wanted to be the best mother she could be to her son. So Xena worked her butt off while her step mom April helped her with her son. When May came around Xena walked the stage with her classmates seeing her family proud was the best thing for Xena. She was able to finish school while pregnant and walk the stage after! When Xena turned 20 she had her own place and car and her son Amirean was 1 years old. Xena got pregnant with her second child by a guy she met they was in a relationship but wasn’t living together. She was working while pregnant and her step mother was still helping her take care of her son while she worked. Xena had rough patch things got hard and hard to get to or around! After she had her baby girl she lost her job. Her boyfriend Dz came and lives with her for a while because she needed help. And plus they was getting ready to have their baby girl on Jan 17th 2017. After they had they baby girl they decided they wanted a place of their own with both names on the lease and something bigger. They find a 3 bed and 2bath apartment just for them and they little family. They lived together for a year Xena’s boyfriend started working as a welder and Xena was a sever and doing home healthcare. Amirean just started Pre-K he loves it and Xena was amazed. Later on down the line she got pregnant again with a baby boy she gave birth to him on July 3rd 2018. Things started to get hard for her they started to struggle so Xena decided to take online classes because she wanted a better future for her babies. She was enjoying being a college student and the money she was getting was a blessing because she didn’t know how her life would be now. 2 years later Xena was pregnant again with her 4th child and she was a girl. She was born September 22 2020, Before they baby girl got her they wanted to move to something different they wanted a house so the kids can play in the yard. They finally find them a house that they liked ! And a yard for the kids to play in. Xena never been this happy and seeing her kids play and the yard and having her own house was a amazing feeling to her. They finally had their last baby. Now Xena is a stay at home mom and going to school times have been hard for her and she just want things to get better. She feel like this is a rough patch for her. She’s struggling and her mother n law is living with her. Xena just want her own place again to where she can feel free and set up her kids room like she want to. Xena doesn’t have a car and she is struggling. And nobody is working Xena feels like she is falling apart. All she want is to be able to feel happy again she want to be able to give her kids whatever they want and need! Xena suffer from bipolar depression. Deep down in the inside Xena is crying for help but on the outside she smiles like everything is okay. She hate asking people for stuff she want to be able to do it herself sometimes she just feels helpless. She just want a better future for her kids and the career she asks for. Xena is a strong women but she goes through so much but nobody never notice her pain. Everyone always thinks she is okay but she’s not! She hurting but nobody is there to lend a hand. All she cares about is that her kids see that their mother did this for them.

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Xena West

A mother that’s trying to make a living for her kids.

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