I call myself Tiffani Real because I have always worn my heart on my sleeve.  Abused as a child, I began running away from home at the age of eleven.  After being declared a person in need of supervision, I ended up in numerous foster homes, group homes, and a detention center.  At the age of 15, I became an emancipated minor.  I dropped out of school, became a mother at 17, had three children by the age of 19, and to the outside looking in, my life was doomed.  I was in two very abusive relationships and became the mother of seven children............

 

Another statistic....No!

 

I volunteered at hospitals, Meals on Wheels, and homeless shelters.  I donate items to The Salvation Army two times a year.  I went back to school and received my GED and attended colleges in Macon, GA, and Syracuse, NY.  I became a Certified Nursing Assistant, working in nursing homes, hospitals, and did private care duty in residents homes.  Not wanting to become a nurse I got my class B CDL license and became a bus driver, driving for Head Start and the worst elementary and middle schools in Syracuse.  A year after my divorce I moved to Atlanta, Ga and became a driver for Georgia State University and now I drive for the transit bus system called MARTA. 

 

Do I still have problems?

 

Lack of money, homelessness, and  no transportation are things that I live with everyday and yet I am able to do the one thing I love more than life and that is write.  I am now a published author and it is a dream come true.  None of this could have happened if God wasn't in the picture.  All of the bad things in my life have made me into the strong person that I am today.  I blame no one and I am committed to being the best me I can be.  I dedicate my life to giving my all to make this world a better place.... 

 

I don't know what lies ahead but I do know that with God in my life all things are possible..............