Difficulties were things that Madeleine faced from her early life, on. Since the very beginning she was faced with struggles that she hoped others didn’t have to deal with, but knew that she was not alone. As a child, her mother was very disconnected, blaming Madeleine for destroying her life and future. Her mother had given birth to her at a young age while still in high school, and it was due to this that she had been shunned around their small town. Maddie felt the effects of her mother’s mistakes. Everyone in their hometown knew who Maddie was, who her mother was, and how her father refused to acknowledge her as his own.
As she grew older, she began to realize what it was that her mother did for a living. Maddie had grown up poor, she knew what it was like to wake up one morning without power, or other utilities because her mother had forgotten to pay the bills, or because she couldn’t afford to. Still, with the constant stream of men that would come through the door of their home, she soon found out. Maddie often found her mother in her room alone, high on drugs, or drunk off alcohol that would be given to her as gifts for the services she performed for the men that came over. Some of the regulars who took pity on her would bring food, or other small things for her when she was young. The kind and positive attention soon began to shift as she got older, and began to look more like an adult.
It was during these years that Maddie first came to experience the negative attention. She was molested by some of those regulars, but only one took it farther. She had found that not even her bedroom was a safe place for her. Maddie was too young, and too small to fight off the younger man from raping her, but she carried the damage of this instance with her through her entire life after that moment, although she didn’t like to admit it to herself. She had nobody to turn to when this happened, but would frequently try and find an escape outside of the house, or locked in her room before anyone would show up for her mother.
Madeleine’s mother continuously got worse, and much more careless with her well being. It took one overdose and she found herself completely on her own. Although her father was asked about whether he would take her in, she knew the answer before she heard it. He had never recognized her as his own before, and he still refused now that she was alone. Maddie was placed into the foster system, but being the age she was nobody wanted to adopt her, and she was bounced around between foster parents. Despite this, she still felt that her situation had improved from what it was previously. She didn’t have to fear attention from older men, or for her safety in general.
During her years in foster care, Maddie found her love for animals. One of the families she lived with owned dogs, and she quickly took to them, and they to her. She volunteered for different things in the cities she lived in. Between 4H, and animal shelters, she was able to help rescue animals who were found injured, or who were mistreated. This gave her a new purpose and a new drive. When she graduated from high school she worked and paid her way through college, also utilizing whatever loans she could. It didn’t matter how difficult it was for her to make it financially, she knew that this was what she wanted. In between her undergraduate and graduate degrees she spent time working at a zoo. This, yet again, proved to direct her into a more specialized route. After researching exotic animal veterinary programs, she applied to one, and was accepted quickly.
After many years of hard work, she finally graduated, passed her licensing exam, and found herself with an offer from one of the best zoos in the entire world. San Diego offered her a new place to live, and a new zoo to work for, but with a staff that was arguably one of the best. Packing up all of her things, Maddie headed to San Diego with the promise of a new life and the best paying job of her life, working with what she loved most. The San Diego zoo would allow her to work with an incredible number of species, and all she could feel was excitement for the adventure to come. Now that she had a stable, well paying job, she was ready to travel around and see different parts of the world just like she’d always dreamed.
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