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There is grit in the voice of Allyson Galloway. It’s a grit that seems to
indicate that the wife and mother of Two has seen far too much in her life
thus far, a grit that seems to stem from a pain that remains in her tender heart,
a grit that finds its way into every note she sings and every lyric she
writes. It’s also her grit that makes her beautiful.
Born on the wrong side of Memphis, Galloway was the 1st child of a
woman addicted to drugs and a father that was never around.
When he was, he held in his hand a Dasani water bottle to replace the
beer that he was, used too. Technically, she was to attend the Catholic
school situated just under a half of a mile from her home. But each day,
she would instead find herself curled up on the floor of the walk-in closet
she called her bedroom. “It was a mess, all of it.”
When she was seven years old, Galloway’s grandparents took her in.
Soon, Galloway was attending school and making friends, but just as her
young self-began to feel as if she was finally turning the corner, the speaker
located in her classroom said she needed to come down to the office.
It was there that the then nine-year-old found out her father was dead. She
didn’t cry at the news, because her grandparents were all she had known.
She didn’t cry when she was forced to tell her mom after school.
“I watched her act like her whole world had crumbled, but never once did she ask if I
was okay.”
How could she take care of these kids when she was barely taking care of me? With 2 siblings to
consider. She was not prepared at such a young age. Through the years, arguments grew, and she was
overwhelmed with responsibility. She was once again failing school due to absences and so were her
sisters. She got her first boyfriend at the age of 15, and for the first time, Galloway felt as if she had found
someone who could protect her from the craziness. But he too came from chaos in his own home but soon
they parted ways too. Galloway found herself in the arms of the man who would ultimately be her
husband today. They fell in love within weeks of meeting and became best friends. They became
increasingly close in the next few months and before they knew it, they were expecting a baby boy. “He
was born into the storm, but he became the rainbow.”
Allyson’s Mom was on food stamps, with the first of the month spent gorging on food and at the
end of the month scraping ice out of the freezer. Galloway knew she could not raise her child in that
environment. She immediately moved in with her now husband, after the child was born. Galloway
graduated from high school at the age of 17 just a few short months after her son was born. Galloway got
a job waiting tables at a local restaurant, but her twenties were her years to rebel following a far too cruel
life. She then went to college for nursing and science, but her little girl was on the way, and she could not
wait. She dropped out with a few classes to go unfortunately. She was lost on what to do next, so she was
a stay-at-home mom for a couple of years before continuing her career at AT&T. She spent 4 years on
Customer service and sales before she decided to do music full-time.
