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Before I introduce Jazmyn, I must explain why Marnie continued to SAY she was taking birth control, but only pretend to take the pills. Partially, she was hoping for a sweet little girl to spoil, and partially, she was just looking for love. With the constant arguing and negativity in the house, it was easy for her to end up feeling unloved. Even though Myles clearly worshipped the ground she walked on, the hate she felt coming from the other children and her husband left her reaching for something more. Always something more. And so... Jazmyn entered the world.

Jazmyn Malone: Born a girl in a family that didn't know how to handle girls, little "Jaz" (as she was often called) was, more often than not, just treated like one of the boys. Marnie couldn't afford the pretty little dresses she had originally wanted to dress Jaz in, so Jaz usually ended up in the same old hand me down thrift clothes as the boys wore. Marnie longed to make Jaz into a little princess, but - to be frank - she didn't have the time or the energy by the time Jaz was born.

So, Jaz was raised basically as one of the boys. It had never occurred to Jaz to mind, either, because being able to play freely in the mud and filth of the Malone household was high on Jaz's list of priorities. Jaz had no intention of being any different, because being different seemed to mean being treated differently - and that was not a safe thing in the Malone household. In fact, Jaz had become the forgotten child in the family after the twins arrived. Marnie had her hands full, so making Jaz a pretty princess was literally the farthest thing from her mind. As for the rest of the family, they all had their own beefs with others in the family, and a quiet loner doesn't make a big target, so they just left her alone.

It wasn't until Jaz went to school for the first time that it ever came to Jaz's attention that she WAS any different from the boys. Suddenly, which bathroom she were supposed to go to mattered, and the fact that Jaz didn't know anything about being a girl became a problem. Life for Jaz had changed forever, and she was going to need to figure out how to handle it. The other children at school quickly pointed out that she was different, and being the invisible kid was no longer possible. Jaz was now the butt of the joke for the entire school - and her brothers weren't even a little bit inclined to save her.

Which brings us to today. Jaz has been thrown into an inner crisis with nobody around to help her. Especially now that the twins are toddlers. There never was enough of Marnie to go around - but now there's even less. So... approaching her mother for help was out of the question. And the over-worked elementary school teachers weren't any more approachable. So, what's next for Jaz? We'll have to find out!

(Stay tuned, tomorrow I'll show off some home and world pictures!)

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