I decided to write down the story of my life. It is an unusual one. One that most people will never be able to relate to. If 30 years ago someone would have told me that this was how my life would end I would have thought them crazy but now looking back, on the way things began and how one single event changed the course of my life forever, I wouldn't change things if I could. Albeit unusual, my life has been happy; filled with its hardships as any other but still happy, still appreciated.

My husband Erik and I have 3 children, they are all grown now with children of their own but they only know of the happy parts of our life together they don't know how our story began, they don't know the truth of how their parents came to be together. And that is why I am writing this, so that some day when I am gone they can read this and know the truth; I don't like the idea of leaving them with false ideas and lies.

Erik and I have discussed this several times and have both agreed to write our versions of our life together. This is my account:

I feel that I should start from the beginning before Erik.

My childhood was a normal one. I was born in a small town in Washington. I lived with my parents and 5 siblings. I had 3 older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister. I did all of the things that children did; played sports, went to school, caused trouble with my friends and siblings.

I expected my life to be like everyone else's. I would finish school, go to college, have a career, get married and have kids. Instead, I ended up with something entirely different. Different but so much better than anything I could have imagined.

Everything started when my parents decided to take all of us kids on a big family vacation after my 18th birthday. All of us kids assumed we'd be heading to the beach or maybe even to Disney but when our parents announced that we would be going to Europe we couldn't believe it. We had never been out of the country before.

I was so excited, I had always wanted to go to Europe. My parents decided that we would go to France first. This was more exciting then anything. I begged for them to take me to the Opera Populaire, where the real accurance of the Phantom of the Opera took place. I wanted to explore the building. I wanted to be able to say that I had actually been there. My parents finally gave in, they agreed to stay in a hotel about a block away from the Opera House so that I could go to the Opera House while everyone else was out exploring the city.

Little did I know that this request would lead to my life changing forever.

Author's Note****************************************************************8

Thank you, I'm glad. I'm going to be posting more today. I'm just having some issues. I have another Phic up called A Girl's Diary and I want to make these characters different from the ones in my other story. I dont want it to be the exact same characters just in a different circumstance. Anyways, I'm working on it. But thank you so much for the review, I appreciate it. I tend to loose focus and enthusiasm when I dont get reviews. So thank you!