It was like when I woke up one morning someone had flipped a switch and I was a different person. After a period of time of rages on the spur of the moment followed by periods of sadness and feelings of guilt I was diagnosed bi-polar.

My mania was rage; words flew, objects flew and my relationship with my family was being destroyed before my eyes. My doctor wanted to put me on drugs but my Mom and Dad were dead set against it. They new a little bit about Truehope and my Mom spoke to Anthony Stephan and soon I was placed on the old “quad program”. Over a period of time things got better but I began to go through stages where I thought “I did not need it any more” or “there was nothing wrong with me.”

I was soon plagued with a secondary CNS disorder, Fibromyalgia. It was crippling. I can remember coming home from dance class one day, throwing myself on the couch in despair, crying out “I can’t go on any longer, you need to get me canes.” That day I packed in what I thought was my dance career. My dad began to work with me, ensuring that I was taking my proper daily dosages, filling out my symptom charts, and I then began to realize that neither I nor my family could survive without Truehope.

Four years later I worked for a year in Japan for Tokyo Disney, then danced professionally with a Can-Can group out of Paris and from that contract was asked to join a production company and did a partial world tour dancing on a six star luxury cruise line. During that time I met my husband Thomas and today we are waiting for our first child to arrive. A precious soul that through the miracle of Truehope will be born to a mother who is bi-polar free, drug free and has an active dance and modeling career. It makes me sad to think of how many street kids and other troubled teens could have lived the life I lived if only their parents knew what mine did, for I know without Truehope I would be one of them. Thank you Truehope for giving me a life!