Example essay intro

A few years ago, back when I was a single mom to my 16 month old baby boy and 3 year old daughter we lived in a 1 bedroom apartment on the back side of this wicked old building on the top floor. I worked a lot of hours at a local restaurant because at the time I wasn’t receiving ANY help what so ever for the kids. My cousin Amanda (and best friend) lived in the downstairs apartment with her boyfriend and she offered to help me out by watching the kids while I went to work. I told her that I would do my best to pay her. She really wasn’t bothered, she told me I was family and she didn’t work anyways so she needed something to do. So later on in the story I will give examples of just how much of a back stabbing, conniving, liar she is that lead me to deleting her out of mine and the kids life.