Carly

I've only met Carly twice. The first time she came in, it was for a haircut. Her hair was at her waist. No, she didn't let me cut it off, but wanted a trim.

She was from Michigan. She moved states away to get away from her abusive husband. She is an LPN who travels to the elderly and takes care of them at their homes. She was now dating a man whom she met in highschool.

On the next visit (highlights- yes, all over that LONG hair)  she opened up to me even more. Apparently she hadn't seen her family in 3+ years. Her husband was looking for her. She said that her husband started drinking a few years back, and that is when the abuse started. She felt so alone, didn't have any children, and her family stopped talking to her. At that time she started to accumulate animals. Any stray she found, she would keep them (she was trying to get me to take one of 5 kittens she had from her neighbors cat) She had horses, a goat, reptiles, cats, 5 or more dogs, a squirrel, turtles, you name it; she had it.

anyways.

She signed up on facebook, and found her old love. He talked her into leaving her husband, and said to move in with him. One day, she packed up everything she had, and moved. She was devastated to leave her animals behind.

Now that she is here, she said things are better, only the new boyfriend isn't so nice to her; and she has started accumulating animals again, which makes him extremely mad at her.

She has a brother, who lives in Florida.. apparently he met a prostitute who is in her twenties (hes at least 40) and takes care of her, and her son. The prostitute meets men and women in bars and goes home with them, and he apparently stays at home and watches her son. Carly said she went to visit him, and his girlfriend wouldn't let Carly stay in their house, and when she came to visit the girlfriend stole money from her.

Carly's brother owns his own motorcycle shop, worth alot of money, and just recently revised his will so this young girl gets everything. He has 3 kids who will not be happy once they find this out. Carly was stressed out becuase they were supposed to be getting married in July, (this conversation took place in June) and she didn't think she would ever see her brother again.

Carly is very sweet. Comes from a rough background, but has so much potential. She is extremely lonely and covers her loneliness by getting animals. She feels like she is saving them; but in a way, they are saving her.

She is in over her head- Went from one jerk to another.. has no family; is stuck. I really hope she changes her life around for the better, and deals with her inner demons.