Post by elyse k. nathans on Sept 1, 2012 19:54:04 GMT -5
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 400px; height: 250px; overflow:auto; border-left: 10px solid #657f86; background: #FCFEF5; opacity: 0.8; border-top-right-radius:60px; border-bottom-left-radius:60px;] first middle last  28 || Orderly|| ptsd || Emilie de Raven || female Elyse Kathryn Nathan was born in January to parents who she does not even know. All that is know of her birth place is that it was in a small village in brazil. The night she was born she was dropped off at a local church known to take in abandoned children. Elyse was a perfect baby she was kept with the church for the first year of her life as they tried to find local families to care for and possibly adopt her before she was sent to an adoption home in the united states. Once she was there she had some medical test and was declared healthy but by that time she was almost two. Most happy couples wanted a tiny baby since they thought older babies and children might not connect like a new born would. Elyse ended up being bounced from home to home so young she did not understand why she never stayed with the same people. By the age of five not many people wanted to adopt a child of that age but there were foster homes she could be in. At the young age of five years old she begin life in the foster care system. She was a very quiet child and that lead many people to belive she was retarded or slow of even just mute. That ment that she did not stay in a single foster home very long. She was however not slow just scared and confused. By the age of ten she had been in a dozen or so foster homes and never found a true family. She was damaged and thought it was her fault that no one seemed to want her and it went on like that until she was about sixteen years old and things began to look up. There were a family with no other kids who were looking to adopt an older child who had never gotten to have a true loving family. Through there adoption agent they found elyse a girl who barley ever talked and really would not open up to anyone or get close to anyone. They met with Elyse a few times and tried to get her to open up but she just seemed to observe them not talk of even seem like she was listening. They decided they wanted to help her cause she needed a family. For the first six months they were like foster parents but to Elyse's surprise there were no other kids and they did really seem to want to help her. Slowly she began to open up to her new parents. To them it was a god send. They had a sweet girl who turned out to only need a little love. After six months they legally adopted her and life was good. She was seventeen beginning to open up to more people and was very smart and kind hearted. Elyse was pretty much the perfect kid in many ways. After much talk with her her parents decided to adopt two more children. Elyse only wanted them to be older since she knew how hard it was to be a teen in foster care with no true family. And that's how Elyse ended up with two brothers her later best friends and biggest encouragers. There was Jay who was seventeen and truly mentally mute from being in an abusive family. Elyse connected instantly and knew he was like she had been. She knew he would have alot to say he was just scared . In a family as great as hers she knew he would not have to be afraid anymore he was safe now. And Alec one of the nicest guys Elyse has ever met the seventeen year old who was always so positive even in the worst situations. He knew how to get you to smile and feel better. Elyse loved her growing family. It was everything she had wanted growing up but at eighteen she made a decision that her parents truly hated. Instead of going to collage she wanted to go into the military. She had been thinking about it a lot and there was no talking Elyse out of it she was a determined girl who new what she wanted. She inlisted and went off to basic training. She there learned a lot about herself and knew that this was something she wanted to do with all shelter heart. She wrote and emailed her family daily. And two years later at the age of twenty she deployed to Afghanistan into the heart of the war. She saw many friends die and a year later came back slightly different. She was not the sweet innocent girl she use to be. She was slightly hard and a lot more mature. Her family noticed it but did not say much about it. After about six months she went back to action since she was still on active duty. This time however it was only two weeks before back home a nock came upon her family's door. She was in a hospital and germany after a roadside bomb blew up her convoy. She had been the only survivor but she was not doing to well and that was all they had to tell her family Her family got on a plane that night and the next day were at the hospital. They had to talk to the doctor before they could see her. Elyse was still asleep on the drugs they hoped they could get had pain lower before they brought her back around. At the age of twenty two Elyse was in for a hard recovery since she was now a double amputee since due to blast injures her legs had been to far gone. When they brought her around she was on a lot of pain and had the shock of waking up after a week in a coma with no legs. She in many ways was changed. She was transferred to a more local veteran recovery center in Chicago. She had to learn a new way of life and that would not be easy for anyone. After about ten months she was release into a crowd of support. She was mobile for the most part. With long parents on it really just seemed like she had a limp. But with everyone knowing her they all wanted to help and she hated it. She stopped talking drunk a little to much and barley slept on the best of nights. When she did sleep she woke up in a cold sweat. Jay or Alec (who were in collage but commuted from home) would be at her side in a moment but even they some times could not bring her out of the flashbacks. Elyse knew she needed to get away where people would not look at her like she could do nothing by herself. Someplace where she would be the new girl and people would not know her story. After some conversation with her family and talk with the VA she was moving. She would help the VA outreach in some outreach programs in other areas. Elyse knew that was what she needed and she still talked to her family every night but this was a lot better and maybe in a new place she could start to really get better Once Elyse was there she actually liked to help people. Now letting others help her was still a whole different story but helping others felt like what she was met to do. Elyse then decided to go back to school. He family fully backed her and supported her every step of the way. Over the years she even was beginning to learn how to control her her ptsd or at least accept the fact it was there and not just ignore it. Now at 28 years old she is out of school and has found a job at a school she truly hopes to help people and make a difference in someones life. Maddie || 19|| 11 years|| yup |
