The Woman Behind the Blog.

Hi everyone. Despite the name of the blog Learning Life as Lucy, my name is actually Ashley. The blog name comes from a part of my last name.A Little About Me:

• I am a twenty-something year old mother and wife who has battled depression, anxiety and PTSD for over a decade now. 

• I am covered in tattoos and not done yet. Both of my arms are covered [not sleeves though]. I have 10 or so tats as of now. My next project is a huge set of wings ripping from the skin on my back. 

• I am a full-time student studying my BA in Psychology and soon after, my MA in Psychology in order to become a licensed Addiction Counselor. 

• I recently learned to crochet and absolutely love it.

• In the last 6 months I have found my biological father for the first time and recently just met him face to face for the first time, along with my 13 year old sister. I also have a 28 year old brother whom I have not met yet. It was definitely a shock. 

• I was born and raised in Louisiana and a part of me will always be a cajun girl and crave my old home. I left when I was 15 to live with my aunt and uncle due to my mom's mental illness and drug abuse. I lived a very traumatic childhood and am still trying to overcome all the damage that I faced. At 16, I was placed into the foster care system and that was by far the worst of it all.

• The man I thought was my dad overdosed when I was 17, a week before I graduated high school. He is the reason for my career path and I hope to make him proud. 

• I met my amazing husband when I was 17, our relationship grew quickly and we married only a few months after I turned 18. He is in the US Army. We had our first child at 19 & 20 and our second child 3 years after that. 

• I get deadly over Saints & LSU football. Just ask my husband :) 

• I can't even tell you my natural hair color anymore. In the last two years alone I have had Black, Magenta & Purple hair, blue hair, koolaid red hair, platinum blonde hair, and many other colors. I get bored easily and for the first time in my life, i'm attempting to let my hair grow out. I'm already missing my A-line! 

• This blog is a release. It is to help me share my story, experiences, struggles, and triumphs with the world. I want to change lives and even if I reach one person in the blog world, I will be happy.

• I am still learning who I am and I hope you bare with me as I grow myself and this blog. Share, get the word out, leave feedback, ask questions. This is not just for me, it is for all those out there who have similar experiences or just need someone to relate too. I will answer every comment and email and do my best to be a source of hope and help to all of my readers.

I look forward to this crazy ride with you all and hope you gain something positive from this. And here is my link to follow me on bloglovin: