My parents were Johann Laehren and Thema Wekesa, and they were German and African. When I was born, both my parents were very pleased, as I was born looking very much like my mother, but with my father's clear blue eyes. They named me Kiah, which means "start of the season". I would have liked siblings, but I don't have any. My mother said they had planned on having more children eventually, but life got busy, and as soon as they were ready to give me a brother or sister, my father was killed.
Sadly, both of my parents have passed away - my father when I was 12, while doing his job as a policeman, and my mother just last year, an unfortunate victim in a drive-by collision. She was driving to work in the rain when a 16-wheeler lost control and struck her car head-on, and she was killed instantly. While it still makes me very sad to think that they are no longer with me, I am glad that they both loved each other and that their deaths were quick so that they did not have to suffer. Still, all the memories of good times that I had with my parents were too painful for me, and so I moved here, to Riverview, in hopes of making a fresh start. My name has never seemed more fitting.
I really like it here in Riverview, and I have a good feeling that I and my future family will enjoy calling it home for generations to come.
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