Howdy from Havana ,Illinois.

Domestic violence and abuse isnt always talked about and sometimes gets swept under the rug especially in the court system of the United States. It is scary and there are many forms of it from physical to mental. I have survived both in childhood as well as adulthood. My parents had a bad marriage and often crapped on each other to me. I was heavily bullied in school and in 1993 witnessed my drunk Dad attack my Uncle and was arrested. I also rarely was bought new clothes and food was scarce at times. My 1997 suicide attempt was treated like a family embarrassment and swept under the rug instead of dealing what caused it. While my parents and I developed a better relationship later the 1980's and 1990's were rough. I should have revieved physilogical care then but it is what it is. Now 10 years later I went to mental health and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. While there I met my future husband and we married in 2008. It went well for a f

I have discovered and taken pictures of buildings along Railroad street in Canton, Illinois recently.  I lived in this area as a child and teenager where I paid little mind to certain details like buried rair & ties as well as rail doors for loading on two of the buildings. I do not have the history or know much about any of them but one day I hope too. As a child I often played or walked by these areas. I often ran down to the alley what we called Railroad street to watch TP&W roll on by.  I remember the signal at the diamond of the TP&W and BN line was always green atleast everytime I seen it so other words an eastbound TP&W was in the future unless it always stayed it. By that time BN no longer used their line through town. I remember Second Avenue used to be brick. I once seen a 1978 picture that showed two tracks crossing Second but by 1990 only the main line crossed Second Avenue. The street was paved by the early 90s at the latest. A friend and I as children play