I grew up in a trailer in South Carolina with a deeply rooted Southern Baptist family. My Summers included exploring the Kudzu jungle in my backyard, playing with the craw dads in the creeks, visiting with my grandparents in the North Georgia Mountains near the beginning of the Appalachian trail (they frequently had hikers that were lost wind up coming down the mountain ending up at their doorstep and were greeted with cool well water and a hot meal.) I would have to say it was my great-grandparents that started me on my journey to learning "beyond" what they believe. Devout Christians that they are they taught me about the plants and trees (sourwood, blood root, yellowroot, etc were very common POI during hikes), the "old timey" way of healing things like talkin' the fire out (which I had to have done as a child - FIRM believer, not one scar was left), and about the Cherokee, which we visited the reservation often. She to this day talks about the "little people" they called them, in the trees
. While not their intention they opened my eyes to a whole new world and way of thinking, to which they've never really shy'd me away from except "witchcraft is evil" 
.Anywho, around age 10 I started studying alternative philosophy and religion. My first interaction with Lucky Mojo were oil's at a local New Age shop around the age of 12-13, called Dragon's Treasure. This place became my home on the weekends for YEARS afterward. The people there were mentors and I still have very strong connection with them today (One has since become a surrogate father, as I've been lacking any real father figure since the age of 2). From 14-18 years old I was taught an eclectic craft similar to a Gardnerian path "degree system". Which ended up leading me to hoodoo specifically as a way to incorporate my spiritual/magickal side with my Southern Baptist Christian roots. Since learning about Lucky Mojo it has become my GO-TO for anything hoodoo. I always find something new here that I didn't see (or don't remember seeing HA!) from before. Last year, due to my AMAZINGLY encouraging fiance, I was FINALLY able to purchase directly from the store, got a ton of books, and a ton of herbs and curios that are hard to find elsewhere (or that i trusted anyway). So, a year later and only short 2-3 books by the amazing authors and graduates at LM, here I am.
I'm excited to become a part of the community actively as I've become VERY weary of some of the craziness that is Facebook "hoodoo" groups
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