Autobiography

Hello Fellow Students,

My name is Michael Bertleff Sr., you can call me Michael. I was born September 4, 1975. I am the middle son of three boys. I have 2 other brothers, Donald the oldest & Kristoffer the youngest. My younger brother & I are 2 years apart in age but our birthdays are on the same day, strange I know I hear it often. I was raised mainly by my mother for many years, so as you may have imagined my mother had it a little rough raising 3 boys on her own. I was always the joker of the 3, but I always knew one day that I would be something special some way somehow. I love football the Bengals for instance are my team of choice. I also like baseball & basketball. I grew up in Girard, Ohio until I was a freshmen in high school, then I moved to Youngstown, Ohio. When I received my high school diploma in 1994 I made my mother proud because the main rule in her house was to get our diploma. I went straight into the working man’s world after high school. When I made my first pay check I thought, I can do this forever & always get everything I ever wanted when I wanted it as long as I work hard to get it. As the years went by, which they did very quickly I realized life was moving very quickly & faster than I ever imagined.

I met a fantastic girl Shannon in 1997, we were so happy together & as fast as we met we were finding out that she was pregnant with our first child Selena, who is (13). I was the proudest guy in the world to have 2 of the most beautiful girls in my life. I didn’t really know what love was until I had my first child. Two years later we had our second child Michael Jr. (11), that is correct a little me. As hard as I thought it was going to be to raise a daughter, I now had to raise a boy into a man. As another two years go by we had our third son Isaiah (9), what a character he is. I also have a 2 year old Lab named Sammi, she is so loyal, and I have a 1 year old cat Jack. I have my hands full with my family...