Post by ERIKA LILIAN BRADSHAW on Jun 28, 2012 23:56:55 GMT -5
ERIKA BRADSHAW
full name erika lilian bradshaw
nicknames ricky, ri, ricky pop
type original
gender female
age sixteen
birthday july twenty fourth
group neutral
clique joker
grade junior
sexuality bisexual
occupation works at the animal shelter
face claim charlavail effron
alias maddie
persona
spunky, fun loving, crazy, wacky, quirky, spontaneous, short attention span, humorous, odd, different, interesting, level headed, outgoing, loud, bouncy, talkative, generous, animal lover, caring
life
Erika Lillian Bradshaw was born after a rather lengthy labour that caused her mother quite a bit of discomfort. She was born happy and healthy though and Antonio Bradshaw was ecstatic. Helena smiled but it didn’t seem to reach her eyes, she loved her baby girl but something seemed to be missing for her. That didn’t deter her husband from jumping into the parenting experience though, he had been waiting for this privilege for the past nine months and he wasn’t about to miss one moment. Helena continued to attempt to care for the child for the next few months until her postpartum depression became more apparent. Soon enough, Tony was taking leave from his job as a fire fighter so he could bottle feed his daughter while his wife slept the days away. Eventually she went to the doctor and began treatment for her depression. For the next year she worked towards becoming a good mother and for the most part she even succeeded.
No one could have anticipated what happened next. A few weeks after Erika’s first birthday, Tony came home to find his wife gone and Erika wailing in her crib. He walked into her room and found a note that explained that Helena had left. She said that she couldn’t take being a mother anymore so she was leaving Erika with him and hoped that they would be happy. Tony was shocked to say the least but he didn’t have much time for sadness, he had a daughter who needed him. Life proceeded in a rather normal fashion, the family of two moved into a new home and Erika’s grandmother took care of her while her father worked. Erika stopped missing her mother as time went on, her face became a distant memory and she continued to live happily.
Eight years later, the family of two had to deal with a new shock when Erika began to experience seizures. Her father was terrified but with a lot of hard work from a few very dedicated doctors, Erika’s epilepsy became somewhat manageable. She was put on medications and was treated with a few alternative therapies. The only problem was that she didn’t have any warnings of when her seizures would occur. When she was ten her guardian angel was introduced to her, his name was Gus. Gus was a big Rottweiler who had recently graduated from training that qualified him as a seizure alert dog. Erika automatically fell in love with him and her like became that much easier.
Gus made every day that much safer for Erika because he could predict when her seizures were going to occur. It meant that she could bring herself to a safe place where she could prepare herself for the seizure before it happened. The laughs and jokes she received seemed to brush right off of her with her furry companian at her side. Her animal history before Gus had consisted of her dad’s tortoise by the name of Lucinda. After Gus, she began to collect misfit animals that needed her help and as a teenager she began to volunteer and then work at the local animal shelter. Around animals she became normal, they didn’t care that she had seizures, they only cared that she was there to love them. She does have friends at school but she just prefers the company of her furry companions. She may only be five feet tall but she makes up for it in personality.
roleplaying sample
I just couldn't live without her<3
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