Biography ⇢ The year was 1987 when David and Jennifer Cowen welcomed their last child, and only girl into the family. Her father was on his second year cardiology fellowship, and her mother had recently started working at a law firm. Their lives weren't by any means the most typical -- their parents were constantly busy, and for the first few years of their lives, the children spent the majority of their time with their grandparents. As they got older, after school activities took up most of their time, and Alana realized that the least amount of time she spent at home, the less stressful her day was. Her relationship with her mother was never the greatest - she was the only girl, and Jennifer had wished she was more like her. Alana on the other hand could never picture herself being like her mother. She needed a lot more excitement to her life, and the idea of spending her days in a courtroom or drowning in paperwork never interested her.

⇢ When Alana was 14 years old, her parents broke the news that they had decided to foster a child. At first it took some adjustment, but before long Alana found herself getting close to the 14 year old boy. He stayed with them for about a year, but eventually her parents decided it wasn't working for them. It was a decision that Alana never understood. In her eyes he was her brother, and how they could simply send him away was something she was never able to forget. Her relationship with her mother had already been strained, and that decision made it just about impossible for them to ever have a close relationship. Her relationship with her father, while not as strained, also suffered.

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