My name is Shalee Hope Biggins.  I am ten years old.  

I live with my mommy  and daddy (and little brother; his name is Caysen; he's six) in Frankfurt, Kentucky.  I am in the fourth grade and I would love school more if it were not for all the teasing I have to go through.  Some of the kids tease me because I don't look like 'em and often have to go into the hospital for surgeries to make me look better.

I have had this problem (Apert syndrome) all my life.  I was born with it.  Because of it, I have facial deformities and have had to have many operations/surgeries to fix my face and make me look more like other kids.  It isn't easy, but each time I have an operation, I always get to get presents, and that part is always good.  I also get a lot of visitors at the hospital, and that always makes me feel a lot better about myself.

Some of the things I like to do include riding my horse Bucket, playing with my two chihuahua puppies Pedro and Conchita, playing with my best friends Morgan and Claudia, writing stories, reading, playing on my computer, going to concerts (I love country music the best; Loretta Lynn and Rascal Flatts are my very favorites!), traveling, visiting Granma and Grandpa at their farm during the summer (for two weeks, usually in July), dancing, and singing.  When I grow up I want to be a country singer, but I want to get my face fixed up first.

Well, I hate to go, but it's time for my next class, which is Math.  Yuck.  I hate math; I'm always so bad at it!!  I will write in here again soon; until later, this is Shalee Biggins saying so long and God bless!

~Love, your new Kentucky friend, Shalee Hope.  :)